Quadronno District

Quadronno is one of the luxury residential districts that make up Milano in the historical center of the city. Quadronno is considered the oldest "contrada" in the whole city of Milan and one the most richest and expensive residential neighborhood of Italy.
The "Quartiere Quadronno" is enclosed in a area between the square of Crocetta and Corso di Porta Vigentina up to the Gardens of Via della Guastalla, Viale Beatrice d'Este-Viale Filippetti (corner Via Cassolo) and Corso Italia to Piazza Missori. The Quadronno in Milan is full of luxurious condominiums by historical '50 archistars designers that make this area special, where you can find almost anything you want in an exclusive and exciting area.
Designer Miuccia Prada lives in Corso di Porta Romana in Milan near Largo Crocetta, she is usually in Bar Quadronno.
50s Icon design palaces
Bosco Verticale (Via Crivelli)
Palace Galmanini Portaluppi
The Abstract House (Milan)
Palace Perogalli
Palace Malchiodi
Palace Tre Torri
Palace Maffezzoli (Milano)
Via Quadronno (Milano)
History
Quadronno took its name from the ancient Quadronno denomination which dates back to the times of ancient Rome and is considered the oldest Contrada in Milan. Mediolanum was founded by Celtic, it was captured by the Romans in 222 BC. Milan became very successful under the Roman Empire.
The name derives from a luxuriant blue river called "Codrono" present at the side of the Basilica of San Celso in Corso Italia 37, which was a Romanesque temple dating back to 840, of which half of the structure is original. The remaining part was rebuilt in 1822, however, reproducing the original forms. The name "Quadronno" is present in two documents dated 1170 and 1182 preserved in the Abbey of Chiaravalle, whose sourrounding lands all belonged to a noble family, where it takes the names of Cadronno, Cadrionno, Calletrono and Calledrono or Cadelono.
The neighborhood was frequented by Leonardo da Vinci and Princess Beatrice d'Este, who strolled under the centuries-old trees of Viale Beatrice d'Este, and whose streets inspired several artists including the noble painter Elisabetta Keller, Giovanni Segantini, Fiorenzo Tomea, Umberto Boccioni, Lucio Fontana or the poet Delio Tessa.
Viale Beatrice d'Este is surrounded by the iconic historical monument of Milan, together with the Castello Sforzesco, and to which the Torre Velasca of the Quadronno district pays homage: the Spanish Walls of Milan whose perimeter it has the shape of a heart with the tip of the Roman door as promise of love since 1548.
In Piazza Missori there is an area with a 600 meter arcade on both sides of the street with the luxury shops of the time of Ancient Rome, about 1600 years ago. It was the Mediolanum of 300 AD. For this reason, the nobility of Milan has always chosen to live in this area.
Emperor Gratian in 381 AD he wanted to establish his residence at the Largo Crocetta because he considered it the most prestigious area of the entire Roman Empire which was joined by Bishop Ambrose who decided to build the four basilicas.
In 386 Ambrogio had the Basilica of San Nazaro in Brolo (Basilica Apostolorum) dedicated to the Apostles and considered the most important church in Milan built in the center of the Imperial arcade.
Real estate market
The cost for apartment need from 12,000 to 15,000 euros per square meter, even if some penthouse have been sold for 25,000 euros per metre; when renting, the cost of 80 square meters can reach 3,500 euros per month (excluding condominium costs).