Brera (district of Milan)

Quartiere of Milan in Lombardy, Italy

Brera

Quartiere of Milan

Via Madonnina, one of the main streets of Brera

Country|  Italy
Region| Lombardy
Province| Milan
Zone| 1
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)

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 Brera Academy of Fine Arts and the Brera Art Gallery, which prominently contributed to the development of Brera as an artists' neighbourhood and a place of bohemian atmosphere, sometimes referred to as "the milanese Montmartre".[1] Both the academy and the gallery are located in Palazzo Brera, the main historical building of the area; this same building also houses Milan's botanical garden as well as an astronomical observatory and the Braidense National Library. Other features that contribute to the character of Brera include restaurants, bars, nightclubs, antique and art shops, colourful street markets, as well as fortune tellers' booths.

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

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1. ^ Fiori Chiari Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine (one of the best-known streets in Brera)
2. ^ Lina Sotis, Corriere della Sera, 6 November 1998.
3. ^ "Brera Web Site". Brera.net. Retrieved 2019-07-16.

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Zones and quarters of Milan

Zone 1|

* Brera
* Centro Storico
* Conca del Naviglio
* Guastalla
* Porta Sempione
* Porta Tenaglia

Zone 2|

* Adriano
* Crescenzago
* Gorla
* Greco
* Loreto
* Maggiolina
* Mandello
* Mirabello
* Ponte Seveso
* Porta Nuova
* Precotto
* Stazione Centrale
* Turro
* Villaggio dei Giornalisti

Zone 3|

* Casoretto
* Cimiano
* Città Studi
* Dosso
* Lambrate
* Ortica
* Porta Monforte
* Porta Venezia
* Quartiere Feltre
* Rottole

Zone 4|

* Acquabella
* Calvairate
* Castagnedo
* Cavriano
* Forlanini
* Gamboloita
* La Trecca
* Monluè
* Morsenchio
* Nosedo
* Omero
* Ponte Lambro
* Porta Vittoria
* Porta Romana
* Rogoredo
* San Luigi
* Santa Giulia
* Taliedo
* Triulzo Superiore

Zone 5|

* Basmetto
* Cantalupa
* Case Nuove
* Chiaravalle
* Chiesa Rossa
* Conca Fallata
* Fatima
* Gratosoglio
* Le Terrazze
* Macconago
* Missaglia
* Morivione
* Porta Lodovica
* Porta Vigentina
* Quintosole
* Ronchetto delle Rane
* San Gottardo
* Selvanesco
* Stadera
* Torretta
* Vaiano Valle
* Vigentino

Zone 6|

* Arzaga
* Barona
* Boffalora
* Cascina Bianca
* Conchetta
* Creta
* Foppette
* Giambellino-Lorenteggio
* Lodovico il Moro
* Moncucco
* Porta Genova
* Porta Ticinese
* Ronchetto sul Naviglio
* San Cristoforo
* Sant'Ambrogio
* Teramo
* Villa Magentino
* Villaggio dei Fiori

Zone 7|

* Assiano
* Baggio
* Figino
* Fopponino
* Forze Armate
* Harar
* La Maddalena
* Muggiano
* Porta Magenta
* Quartiere degli Olmi
* Quarto Cagnino
* Quinto Romano
* San Siro
* Valsesia
* Vercellese

Zone 8|

* Boldinasco
* Bullona
* Cagnola
* Campo dei Fiori
* Cascina Triulza
* Comina
* Fiera
* Gallaratese
* Garegnano
* Ghisolfa
* Lampugnano
* Musocco
* Porta Volta
* Portello
* Quarto Oggiaro
* QT8
* Roserio
* San Leonardo
* Trenno
* Varesina
* Vialba
* Villapizzone

Zone 9|

* Affori
* Bicocca
* Bovisa
* Bovisasca
* Bruzzano
* Ca' Granda
* Centro Direzionale
* Comasina
* Dergano
* Fulvio Testi
* Isola
* La Fontana
* Montalbino
* Niguarda
* Porta Garibaldi
* Porta Nuova
* Prato Centenaro
* Segnano

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