Zone 1 of Milan explained

Official Name:Zone 1 of Milan
Other Name:Municipality 1
Settlement Type:Municipality of Milan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Italy
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Lombardy
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Metro City of Milan
Subdivision Type3:Comune
Subdivision Name3:Milan
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Mattia Abdu (PD)
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:9.62
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:97,897
Population Density Km2:11074
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

The Zone 1 of Milan, since 2016 officially Municipality 1 of Milan, (in Italian: Zona 1 di Milano, Municipio 1 di Milano) is one of the 9 administrative divisions of Milan, Italy.[1]

It was officially created as an administrative subdivision during the 1980s. On 14 April 2016, to promote a reform on the municipal administrative decentralization, the City Council of Milan established the new Municipality 1, a new administrative body responsible for running most local services, such as schools, social services, waste collection, roads, parks, libraries and local commerce.[2]

The zone includes the historical center of the city. It is the least populated of the city's zones and one of the smallest by area, a significant part of which is occupied by Piazza del Duomo, Sforza Castle and Sempione Park. A large part of the zone is dedicated to museums and administrative buildings.

Subdivision

The zone includes the following districts:

Sestieri

As many cities in Italy, the historic centre of Milan is also subdivided into many historical sestieri, medieval subdivisions themselves subdivided into different contrade.

SestiereCoat of armsContrade

Nobles Contrade:
Farine Cicogna Sant'Ambrogio
Rosa Cordusio Bossi

Contrada capitana:
Aquila (seat of Palazzo della Ragione, Milan's medieval town hall)

bgcolor=yellow1Porta Orientale1. Contrada del Verzaro
2. Nobile Contrada delle Farine
3. Contrada dell'Agnello (Lamb)
4. Contrada della Cerva (Doe)
5. Contrada di Bagutta
bgcolor=redPorta Romana6. Contrada del Falcone (Falcon)
7. Nobile Contrada della Cicogna (Stork)
8. Contrada del Fieno (Hay)
9. Contrada del Brolo
10. Contrada delle Capre (Goats)
Porta Ticinese11. Contrada della Lupa (She-wolf)
12. Nobile Contrada di Sant'Ambrogio
13. Contrada delle Cornacchie (Crows)
14. Contrada del Torchio
15. Contrada della Vetra
4Porta Vercellina16. Contrada della Piscina
17. Nobile Contrada della Rosa (Rose)
18. Contrada dei Morigi
19. Contrada della Porta
20. Contrada del Nirone
5Porta Comasina21. Nobile Contrada del Cordusio
22. Contrada del Rovello
23. Contrada dell'Orso (Bear)
24. Contrada del Campo (Field)
25. Contrada dei Fiori (Flowers)
Porta Nuova 26. Contrada dell'Aquila (Eagle)
27. Nobile Contrada dei Bossi
28. Contrada della Mazza
29. Contrada degli Andegari
30. Contrada della Spiga (Ear)

Fashion district

Quadrilatero della moda (pronounced as /it/; literally "fashion square"), or Via Montenapoleone fashion district, is the high-class shopping district in the centre of the zone, characterized by the presence of numerous boutiques and related retail outlets which represent most of the world's major fashion houses.

The sides of the square, located to the south of the arches of Porta Nuova, are formed by Via Montenapoleone, Via Manzoni, Via della Spiga and Corso Venezia.

Streets inside this area include Via Borgospesso, Via Santo Spirito, Via Gesù, Via Sant'Andrea, Via Bagutta, and Via Baggutino. The zone extends in practice also to the north-west of Via Manzoni with Via Pisoni, and to the south and west of Via Montenapoleone with Corso Giacomo Matteotti (this last meets Corso Venezia at Piazza San Babila), Piazza Meda, Via San Pietro all'Orto, and Via Verri.

Government

The area has its own local authority called Italian: Consiglio di Municipio (Municipal Council), composed by a president and 30 members directly elected by citizens every five years. The council is responsible for most local services, such as schools, social services, waste collection, roads, parks, libraries and local commerce in the area,[2] and manages funds (if any) provided by the city government for specific purposes, such as those intended to guarantee the right to education for poorer families.

The current president is Mattia Abdu (PD). He was elected in the 2021 Milan municipal election together with the 30-member Municipal Council, whose composition is shown below:

Alliance or
political party
MembersComposition
2021–2026
Centre-left
(PD-EV)
21
Centre-right
(FI-L-FdI)
9

Here is a full lists of the directly elected Presidents of Municipio since 2011:

PresidentTerm of officeParty
Fabio Luigi Arrigoni 16 May 20118 October 2021PD
Mattia Abdu 8 October 2021IncumbentPD

Gates

In the past the city Milan had three different systems of defending walls. The oldest one, Roman walls were developed in two stages, the first in the Republican and the second in the Imperial era. The second wall system was realized during the Middle Ages, after the destruction of the city by Frederick I Barbarossa. Finally, the latest wall system was built by the Spanish rulers in the 16th century. While very little remains of these walls, their structure is clearly reflected in the urbanistic layout of the city with several main gates still marking the entrance in the historical centre of the city. In particular, modern Milan has two roughly circular rings of streets, namely the "Cerchia dei Navigli" and the "Cerchia dei Bastioni", which essentially correspond to the Medieval and Spanish walls, respectively.

Main gates which still today mark the entrance to Zone 1 are:

Squares

The zone is characterized by the presence of many squares (Italian: piazze), among which the most famous are:

Education

Thanks to its central position, the zone houses some prominent educational institutions. In this area are located the main buildings of many higher education institutions:

Museums

The zone houses all the most important museums of the city. The main are:

Transport

Stations of Milan Metro in Zone 1:

Future stations of Milan Metro will include:

Suburban railway stations in the Zone 1:

Zone 1 is also interested by Milan Area C, a congestion charge introduced on 16 January 2012, replacing the previous pollution charge Ecopass and based on the same designated traffic restricted zone or ZTL (Italian: Zona a Traffico Limitato), corresponding to the central Cerchia dei Bastioni area.[10] The ZTL encompasses about 8.2km2 and 77,000 residents (4.5% and 6% of the city total, respectively).[11] The area is accessible through 43 gates, monitored by video cameras. Area C started as an 18-month pilot program based on the partial implementation of the results of a referendum that took place in June 2011. The objective of the program was to drastically reduce the chronic traffic jams that take place in the city of Milan, to promote sustainable mobility and public transport, and to decrease the existing levels of smog that have become unsustainable from the point of view of public health. Area C was definitively approved as a permanent program on 27 March 2013.[12]

Due to this traffic restrictions, the Zone is predominantly characterized by many pedestrian zones and easily accessible by bike.

Other notable places

External links

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Notes and References

  1. The 9 city councils of Milan (municipal website)
  2. http://www.comune.milano.it/wps/portal/ist/it/amministrazione/governo/Municipi/Municipi+in+dettaglio Municipality of Milan – Municipalities
  3. http://www.milanomia.com/FIORICHIARI/FIORICHIARI.htm Fiori Chiari
  4. http://milano.corriere.it/milano/notizie/cronaca/09_ottobre_12/camper-sempione-1601867734485.shtml Il camper del Corriere al Sempione
  5. http://www.milan-guide.eu/index.php/it/milano-a-zone/porta-venezia.html Milan Guide: Porta Venezia
  6. http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2010/12/13/movida-porta-venezia-il-quartiere-si-ribella.html Movida a Porta Venezia
  7. http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/ottobre/28/mille_una_notte_vivono_Porta_co_7_101028027.shtml Le mille e una notte vivono a Porta Venezia
  8. http://milano.gay.it/channel/night%20e%20gay/27179/Verso-un-nuovo-quartiere-gay.html Verso un nuovo quartiere gay
  9. Web site: Official website . Conservatorio "Giuseppe Verdi" di Milano . it . 13 January 2016. (In the Conservatorio drop down menu)
  10. News: Area C è partita: calate del 40% le auto in centro dopo l'entrata in vigore del pedaggio. Area C takes off: auto traffic decreased 40% in the center after the toll goes into force. it. 16 January 2012. Corriere della Sera Milano. 16 January 2012.
  11. Web site: Martino. Angelo. Milano: from pollution charge to congestion charge. 17 January 2012.
  12. Web site: Area C. Istituita la congestion charge definitiva. Comune di Milano. 13 May 2013.