Brolo

Brolo is a neighborhood in , , . Brolo is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the quarter .

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Nazaro in Brolo and Biblioteca Ambrosiana.

Church
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The basilica of or San Nazaro Maggiore is a 4th-century Roman Catholic church located in Piazza San Nazzaro in Brolo in , region of Lombardy, .

Library
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The is a historic in , , also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose agents scoured Western Europe and even and for books and manuscripts.

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The is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of . Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bottonuto and South Milan.

Locality
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The was an ancient district of , , located near the center of the city. Dating back to Roman times, in the late 19th the district had become a place of ill repute, brothels and open-air outhouses.

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Southern Milan is chiefly a residential part of . While you can find a couple of old landmarks in here, there aren't as much of them as in the Centro Storico, and this part of the city is more "local" and "ordinary".

Quarter
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The was the traditional greengrocery street market of , . The market itself has been relocated several times, and it is now in Via Lombroso, east of the city centre; the word "Verziere", anyway, still refers to the main historic location of the market, where it was held from 1776 century until 1911.

Brolo

Latitude
45.45915° or 45° 27′ 33″ north
Longitude
9.19258° or 9° 11′ 33″ east
Open location code
8FQFF55V+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5293158548
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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