Garegnano is a district ("
quartiere") of
Milan,
Italy, part of the
Zone 8 administrative division of the city, north-west of the city centre. Before being annexed to Milan, it has been an autonomous ''
comune'', originally known as Garegnano Marcido.
The prominent landmark of the Garegnano district is the
Garegnano Charterhouse, founded in 1349. The main street of the area is Viale Certosa (named after the Charterhouse, "Certosa" in Italian), which crosses the district from south-east to north-west, passing nearby the Charterhouse and ending up to the Cimitero Maggiore, Milan's largest
cemetery. Viale Certosa is almost parallel to Via Gallaratese, which marks the boundary between Garegnano and the
Gallaratese district. Viale Certosa is an important thoroughfare for Milanese traffic, as it is one of the access points to the Tangenziale ring road and to the
motorways.
History
The ''
borgo
Borgo may refer to the following places:
Finland
* Borgå
France
* Borgo, Haute-Corse
Italy
* Borgo (rione of Rome), a ''rione'' in the City of Rome.
*Borgo a Mozzano, in the province of Lucca
*Borgo d'Ale, in the province of Vercelli
*Borgo di ...
'' of "Garegnano Marcido" dates back at least to the
Middle Ages.
Historical data on Garegnano
(in Italian) In 1349, the eponymous charterhouse was built, a few hundreds meters west of the ''borgo''. When the Milanese territory was subdivided in '' pieve''s, Garegnano was assigned to the pieve of Trenno
Trenno is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 8 administrative division of the city. It borders on green areas to the north and west (on the Boscoincittà city park) and to the south (on the Parco di Trenno); to the east, it ...
. During Napoleonic
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
rule it was briefly annexed to Milan (1809-1816), but regained its autonomy with the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. In 1869, it was annexed to Musocco, which in turn became part of Milan in 1923.
Footnotes
Districts of Milan
Former municipalities of Lombardy
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