Gratosoglio
Gratosoglio
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Gratosoglio (Italian: river.
The district has an area of about 400,000 m2, centered on the main thoroughfare Via dei Missaglia. Having started as a commuter town in the 1960s, with large prefabricated apartment blocks destined to house immigrant workers coming from the South of Italy, the district is usually listed among those most degraded (e.g., having the highest crime rates) in the surroundings of Milan.
The name Gratosoglio is derived from the
History
Gratosoglio developed from a
The local rural community survived the decay of the monastery, and in the 18th century was annexed to the Corpi Santi comune.
The area was urbanized in the early 1960s, in response to the increasing demand of low price residential areas caused by immigration from Southern Italy. Between 1962 and 1965, over 50 large buildings (9 to 16 floors high) were constructed, largely using prefabricated blocks. Gratosoglio thus earned its fame of a degraded and marginal dormitory district.
Footnotes
- ^ E. Restelli. A Milano si dice così (in Italian). Libreria Milanese.
- ^ Storia di Casina Basmetto
- ISBN 88-7203-220-2.
- ^ Parrocchia San Barnaba in Gratosoglio - La storia della chiesa Archived 2010-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)