Isola in Milano in Città Metropolitana di Milano, Lombardy, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)

Quartiere Isola

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 18, 2023

1. Quartiere Isola Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Il quartiere prende il nome da alcune aree che delimitavano antiche cascine della zona - chiamate "isole" - ma anche dalla condizione di reale isolamento del suo contesto urbano rispetto al resto della città. Si sviluppa alla fine dell'Ottocento in seguito alla creazione della linea ferroviaria per Torino e Venezia, che interrompe la continuità dell'antica via Comasina tra l'attuale corso Como, a sud dello scalo ferroviario, e via Borsieri, asse attorno a cui si sviluppa l'intera zona. Da allora questo singolare isolamento ha consentito al quartiere di mantenere una specifica identità, favorita da un traffico locale, dalla presenza di molteplici spazi di sosta e da un mix funzionale di residenza e bottega, che insieme alla diffusione di associazioni culturali, locali e ambienti di ritrovo lo rendono uno degli ambiti urbani più vivaci. All'interno del quartiere, formato perlopiù da case a corte con tradizionali ballatoi, si distinguono numerosi palazzi liberty e alcuni interessanti edifici del razionalismo milanese come le case Ghiringhelli (1), Toninello (2) e Rustici-Comolli (3), costruite negli anni Trenta da Pietro Lingeri e Giuseppe Terragni. In piazzale Lagosta sorge una delle più eleganti case popolari (4) della città (1924-25): all'interno del cortile, sul sito dell'antico cimitero della Mojazza, è situata una lapide che ricorda la piccola tomba nei pressi di una fossa comune in cui venne sepolto il poeta Giuseppe Parini. La nuova riconfigurazione dell'area Garibaldi-Repubblica, attraverso un vasto sistema di spazi verdi e aree pedonali, ha integrato definitivamente l'Isola al resto della città.

This district was originally named after the open areas - or isole ("islands")- adjoining the farmhouses which once stood here: an appropriate name, considering that

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the area as a whole was also somewhat isolated from its urban surroundings. It grew up in the late 19th century following the creation of the railway lines to Turin and Venice, which tore through the old Via Comasina between present-day Corso Como (south of the tracks) and Via Borsieri, the district's main thoroughfare. By being cut off in this unusual way, the quarter maintained its own special identity. Thanks to the very local nature of life here, its many bars and mixed residential and artisan character (together with its many cultural associations and various leisure hotspots) it is one of the liveliest parts of the city.

Most of the houses in the district are in the typical Milanese style featuring an inner courtyard with railinged galleries, interspersed with a number of liberty-style buildings and some interesting examples of Milan rationalism, such as the Ghiringhellio (1), Toninello (2) and Rustici-Comolli houses (3), built in the 1930s by Pietro Lingeri and Giuseppe Terragni. One of the city's most elegant popular housing blocks (4) (1924-25) can be seen in Piazzale Lagosta: inside the courtyard, on

Quartiere Isola Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 18, 2023

2. Quartiere Isola Marker - wide view

the site of the ancient Mojazza Cemetery, a stone plaque recalls the small tomb near a communal grave, in which the poet Giuseppe Parini was buried.

The new organisation of the Garibaldi-Repubblica area, with an extensive system of green spaces and pedestrian zones, has now integrated the Isola district into the rest of the city.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Milan Red-Gray Stelae series list.

Location. 45° 29.284′ N, 9° 11.343′ E. Marker is in Milano, Lombardia (Lombardy), in Città Metropolitana di Milano. It is in Isola. It is at the intersection of Via Pietro Borsieri and Piazza Tito Minniti, on the right when traveling north on Via Pietro Borsieri. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Via Pietro Borsieri 22, Milano, Lombardia 20159, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

the Schengen Area,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was

Marker inset: map image. Click for full size.

3. Marker inset: map

once the Roman Empire

and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chionna Umberto (approx. half a kilometer away); Fassolo Giovanni (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Cimitero Monumentale / Monumental Cemetery (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Ettore Bugatti (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Wolfango Amedeo Mozart (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); San Marco (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); Laghetto di San Marco / Pond of San Marco (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Acquario Civico (approx. 1.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milano.

Also see . . . Isola (Milano) (Wikipedia, in Italian).

More on the name Isola (in translation): It is therefore an urban legend , albeit widespread on many internet sites, which erroneously states that the Isola (island) would have been so called because the area was "isolated" from the rest of Milan by railway constructions. In reality, the railways were invented and built when the name Isola had already been in use for about 120 years; in the area, the first was
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the Milan-Monza railway, built in 1840 north of the Gabelle bridge, followed by the first Central Station of Milan (1864) and today by the Garibaldi station, built in 1961.

(Submitted on March 26, 2023.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 136 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 26, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.