17. Napoli, Soderini

An area that reconnects the city to the countryside, where the San Cristoforo village survives, a suspended in time island of peace. The popular roots of the district are enhanced by the meeting spirit of residents, the colourful local markets and by the willingness to transform abandoned spaces into cultural and creative places which attract young people and artists.

This semi-peripheral area is living a strong redevelopment process, thanks to the good connection to the main roads and the transport system, like the new underground and the railroad.

Here, the historical residents are often busy in associative groups in order to preserve the district identity, which is revealed with the lively local market in Vespri Siciliani street and the colorful Lorenteggio Festivals with stalls and street shows.

This area is meant for those who love to live in their own district, with its events, markets, the areas dedicated to the sport and culture and the huge service offer of all types, among them theatres and cinemas.

If you appreciate the Milanese popular traditions, the numerous trading stores, the opportunity of practicing water sports in the Naviglio with the Canottieri San Cristoforo club and exploring the redeveloped yards of ex factories for the fashion and design industry, this is the right area for you.

This area is not meant for those who want to live in elegant and international residences, walking through streets with exclusives stores.
It can’t be appreciated by those who don’t care to admire at street art works, which redevelop the whole sections of abandoned buildings making them iconic.

Right here the urban redevelopment project “Un muro che unisce” originated: an original cultural operation where walls were transformed in an open-air art gallery in the streets which expand from the recycling centre to the Church in Naviglio Grande.

The area provides a mainly residential real estate offer with apartment buildings of the ‘60s, often fitted out with vast gardens.

There are also buildings which date back to the ‘30s and to the post-war period, while currently modern complexes are being designed, in contrast with the existent buildings.

You will love the identifying elements of the area, next to the always more frequent architectural redevelopment interventions.

You will be amazed by the picturesque corner around the San Cristoforo church and the Naviglio Grande, passing through the ex-factories which have been redeveloped as creative spaces.

You will love the maze of courts which spreads in the redeveloped factories (Savona 97) to the Lorenteggio district with its energy and markets.

The area is close to the Creativity District in Savona-Tortona street and to the Navigli area, where you can find the rural Market with many zero-kilometre products and the antiques market, real destination for the lovers of the genre.
Nearby, there’s also the Ex Richard Ginori area: a creative village and a temple for the fashion, design, advertising, art and media industries.