Brera (district of Milan)
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Brera is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy. It is located within the Zone 1 (the historical core of the city) and it is centred on Via Brera. The name stems from Medieval Italian "braida" or "brera", derived from Old Lombardic "brayda" (often Latinized as "praedium"), meaning a land expanse either cleared of trees or naturally lacking them. This is because around the year 900, the Brera district was situated just outside Milan's city walls and was kept clear for military reasons. The root of the word is the same as that of the Dutch city of Breda's name and the English word "broad".
Brera houses the
From 1998 to 2002 novelist Paolo Brera, along with Franco Brera and Francesca Brera, edited and published the magazine Brera,[2] devoted to the Brera district.[3] Well-known journalists, art critics and fiction writers contributed over the years, including Rossana Bossaglia, Giuseppe Pontiggia, Guido Vergani, Vittoria Colpi, Carlo Castellaneta and Giulio Signori.
Footnotes
- ^ Fiori Chiari Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine (one of the best-known streets in Brera)
- ^ Lina Sotis, Corriere della Sera, 6 November 1998.
- ^ "Brera Web Site". Brera.net. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
