Segrate ( lmo, label=
Milanese
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, Segraa ) is a town and ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) located in the
Metropolitan City of Milan
The Metropolitan City of Milan ( it, città metropolitana di Milano; lmo, label=Milanese, cittaa metropolitana de Milan ) is a metropolitan city (not to be confused with the metropolitan area) in the Lombardy region, Italy. It is the second mos ...
in the
Lombardy
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region of
Northern Italy
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.
An eastern suburb of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, in its area lies the airport of
Milan Linate
Milan Linate Airport is the third international airport of Milan, the second-largest city and largest urban area of Italy, behind Malpensa Airport and Orio al Serio Airport. It served 9,233,475 passengers in 2018, being the fifth busiest air ...
, the lake
Idroscalo
The Idroscalo is an artificial lake in Milan, Italy that was originally constructed as a seaplane airport. It opened on 28 October 1930, in the heyday of seaplanes. When the use of seaplanes for passenger transport declined it became a recreati ...
, the fair center of
Novegro and the famous residential area
Milano Due
Milano2 (also known as ''Milano Due'') is a residential centre in the Italian town of Segrate (Province of Milan). It was built as a new town by Edilnord, a company associated with Silvio Berlusconi in 1970's.
The main peculiarity of Milano2 i ...
.
Europark Idroscalo Milano
Europark Idroscalo Milano is an amusement park in Segrate, Italy, near Milan. Opened to the public for the first time in 1965 (as Lunapark Milano), the park is a popular stop on Via Rivoltana near Idroscalo Lake. It is open seven days a week ...
(originally
Lunapark Milano
Europark Idroscalo Milano is an amusement park in Segrate, Italy, near Milan. Opened to the public for the first time in 1965 (as Lunapark Milano), the park is a popular stop on Via Rivoltana near Idroscalo Lake. It is open seven days a week ...
) is a popular
amusement park
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that has been in existence since 1965.
Although it is a small town, Segrate hosts large structures such as the
CILEA Interuniversity Consortium, among the most advanced supercomputing centers in Europe,
and the
San Raffaele Hospital
The San Raffaele Hospital (also ''Istituto scientifico universitario San Raffaele'' or ''ospedale San Raffaele'', ''HSR'' or ''OSR'') is a university hospital situated in Segrate, the Province of Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1969 by don Luigi ...
. Segrate received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 23 June 1989.
Transportation
Segrate is served by
Segrate railway station
Segrate is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Milan–Venice railway, it serves the town of Segrate.
Services
Segrate is served by lines S5 and S6 of the Milan suburban railway network, operated by the Lombard railway company Trenord. ...
, connected to Milan by the
suburban lines S5 and S6, with a total of four trains each hour. It is also connected to the city by the bus 924, which stops at Lambrate Rail and Metro Station.
See also
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Mosque of Segrate
The Mosque of Segrate ( it, Moschea di Segrate), also known as Masjid al-Rahmàn or Mosque of the Merciful, is a mosque in Segrate, Italy, located on the border to the Milano Due suburb. It was the first mosque with a dome and minaret to be b ...
References
External links
Official website
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