An district with a rural past that was transformed in an industrial area at the end of the IX century and was the subject of an important and huge urban redevelopment project in the ‘90s. Nowadays you cannot find only the new campus of the State University on the ex-Pirelli areas, but also residences, service industries and places for culture. The construction of Parco Nord in the 1975, with its 640 hectares which extend to the adjacent borders, offers an important green lung to the city.