Roserio
Roserio | |
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Quartiere of Milan | |
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Roserio is a district ("
Roserio is best known for the
Roserio's main connection to Milan is a tramway (line 12) that has its terminal in Piazzale Roserio; the tramway goes south to the very centre of Milan (Piazza Duomo). Anyway, due to its geographical location, Roserio is much more connected to Baranzate than it is to Milan.
Roserio is also the seat of a major CMP (Centro di Meccanizzazione Postale, Postal Mechanization Centre), i.e., a centre devoted to forwarding and sorting mail (especially international mail). In the 2000s, the Roserio CMP has been largely criticized for poor service, long delays and lost packages.[1]
History
Roserio developed from an ancient rural settlement. When the Milanese territory was partitioned into
After being annexed to Milan, the area of Roserio changed rapidly from a rural to a suburban environment. A major development of the area occurred with the construction of the Luigi Sacco hospital and connections to the A4 and Laghi motorways.
References in popular culture
Italian writer Giovanni Testori, who was born in Novate Milanese (a few kilometers away from Roserio) chose this district as a setting for his novel Il Dio di Roserio ("Roserio's God", 1951), part of the series I segreti di Milano ("The secrets of Milan").[3]
Footnotes
- ^ Caos poste, a Roserio si cambia (in Italian)
- ^ History of Roserio (in Italian)
- ^ Review of Il Dio di Roserio (in Italian)
