15. Fiera, Sempione, CityLife, Portello

With an industrial past and important production plants (Alfa Romeo, Siemens, Mellin, Filotecnica Salmoiraghi), in recent years this area has stood out thanks to two big urban redevelopment interventions (Portello and CityLife). Nowadays factories and the trade fair have been replaced by exclusive residences, offices for the tertiary sector, green spaces and sport centres.

An area with three different souls: the Fiera area, an elegant district with high-quality residences inhabited by “historical” and high-class residents; CityLife, a young, modern and exclusive district with futuristic residences, appreciated by trendy and international people; instead, Portello has a mix of working-class residences and new generation living centres.

This is the right area for those who love an elegant, exclusive and calm lifestyle, surrounded by big green spaces, where you can easily practice any kind of sport.

Here, the sophistication of the middle-class districts, which dates back to the middle of the XX century, seems perfectly mixed with the spectacular and futuristic modernity and the contemporary buildings technological efficiency

In a such futuristic and exclusive district, you will be amazed by finding the suggestive works of contemporary art, which are set up in the Parco CityLife, and the Eron’s work W.A.L.L. (Wall Are Love’s Limits), one of the biggest works of mural art in the world.

You don’t expect either to find a Community Centre, called “il Cantiere”, with a facade fully painted by writer, in the Ex Derby area, the nostalgic comedy and entertainment heart of the Milan of the ‘60s-‘70s.

The real estate offer is characterized by historical buildings, with elegant and refined apartment buildings of the early XX century. There are many high-quality buildings which were built by famous architects like Bottoni, Caccia Dominioni, Terragni and Ligeri and Gio Ponti between the ‘20s and ‘70s.

Instead, Portello and CityLife are modern, spectacular and technological districts.

In this area opposing styles coexist and, for this reason, they are such fascinating and spectacular.

You can admire the Hadid residences sculptural facades, with always different glimpses, in CityLife and, at the same time, the trick fountain in Ville Lumière style in Piazza Giulio Cesare and its ring of houses of the early XX century.

The district is close to Monte Stella, another big green lung of Milan, and the QT8 experimental residential area. Not too far from it there are the well-known San Siro “Ippodromo del Galoppo” and some important sport centres, like the “Lido” one and the Milan Tennis Club “A. Bonacossa”.
Moreover, you can easily reach the Teatro Nazionale and the Milanese Chinatown in Paolo Sarpi street.