Quintosole

Quintosole is a rural district of Milan that belongs administratively to Zone 5 and lies within the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano nature park, south of the urban center. The first known written record of the village dates from 1346, when it was assigned to the parish of San Donato Milanese. In the 17th century, around two hundred people lived there, before the neighboring village of Salvanesco was incorporated in 1757. During the Napoleonic era, Quintosole was briefly part of Milan, but it regained its independence with the founding of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. By the time of Italian unification in 1861, the population had grown to 928. Eight years later, the village was merged into Vigentino, which in turn became part of Milan for good in 1923.