San Siro, Milan

For the stadium, see San Siro. For the horse racing venue, see Hippodrome of San Siro.

San Siro San Sir
Quartier of Milan
View of the Giuseppe Meazza "San Siro" stadium from Via Harar.
Map of the districts of Milan. Sempione and San Siro.
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Metropolitan City	Milan
Comune	Milan
Zone	7
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

San Siro (Lombard : San Sir) is a vast district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 7 administrative division of the city. About 5 km north-west of the city centre, it borders the districts of Lampugnano, QT8, FieraMilano, and Trenno.

History

Until the 19th century, San Siro was a small settlement, on the banks of the Olona river; its centre was in the surroundings of what is now Piazzale Lotto.^{[ citation needed ]} The area has been radically transformed in the 20th century.^{[ citation needed ]}

San Siro is a very diverse district, with wide green areas and cemented neighbourhoods, low-income and high-income housing, villas and apartment blocks.^{[ citation needed ]} Most of the buildings in the area date back to the mid 20th century.^{[ citation needed ]}

The district is also characterized by prominent sports structures, most notably the Giuseppe Meazza football stadium, home of A.C. Milan and Inter Milan. ^[1] It also houses the most important Milanese hippodrome, as well as other horse racing-related structures. The Palasport di San Siro arena, mainly used for basketball and volleyball games, was also in this district; it was closed in 1985 when its roof collapsed after a large snowfall.

The district is named after (probably) Siro di Pavia the first bishop of Pavia. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Ayobami (2025-11-05). "Inter and AC Milan complete purchase of San Siro". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
2. "Ma chi era questo San Siro (prima di essere uno stadio)". Prima Bergamo (in Italian). 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
3. "Milan: Church of San Siro alla Vepra" . Retrieved 2022-02-18.

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