Crescenzago
—  Quartiere of Milan  —
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Milan
Zone	2
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Crescenzago is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 2 administrative division, north-east of the city centre. It became part of Milan in 1917; prior to that, it was an independent borgo (town). The town is traversed by the Naviglio Martesana canal. The district houses several historical buildings, most notably a 12th Century abbey and several villas from the 18th Century. It also has notable green areas, such as part of the Lambro park, as well as industrial archeological features, most notably the abandoned Ovomaltina factory.

The Milan Metro subway (Line 2) stops at Crescenzago.

History[link]

The name "Crescenzago" is supposedly of Roman origin, from latin Crescentii ager ("Crescentius' field"). In the middle ages it mostly consisted in the abbey of Santa Maria Rossa (founded in 1140).^[1] It was also the main access point to Milan for travellers coming from Venice. In the 18th Century, several large villas were built in Crescenzago to serve as country residences for rich Milanese families.

Crescenzago was an independent comune until 1923, when it became part of Milan.

Footnotes[link]

1. ^ Santa Maria Rossa abbey (in italian)

v t e Administrative divisions of Milan Zone 1 Brera • Centro Storico • Conca del Naviglio • Guastalla • Porta Sempione • Porta Tenaglia Zone 2 Adriano • Crescenzago • Gorla • Greco • Loreto • Maggiolina • Mandello • Mirabello • Ponte Seveso • Porta Nuova • Precotto • Stazione Centrale • Turro • Villaggio dei Giornalisti Zone 3 Casoretto • Cimiano • Città Studi • Dosso • Lambrate • Ortica • Porta Monforte • Porta Venezia • Quartiere Feltre • Rottole Zone 4 Acquabella • Calvairate • Castagnedo • Cavriano • Forlanini • Gamboloita • La Trecca • Monluè • Morsenchio • Nosedo • Omero • Ponte Lambro • Porta Vittoria • Porta Romana • Rogoredo • San Luigi • Santa Giulia • Taliedo • Triulzo Superiore Zone 5 Basmetto • Cantalupa • Case Nuove • Chiaravalle • Chiesa Rossa • Conca Fallata • Fatima • Gratosoglio • Le Terrazze • Macconago • Missaglia • Morivione • Porta Lodovica • Porta Vigentina • Quintosole • Ronchetto delle Rane • San Gottardo • Selvanesco • Stadera • Torretta • Vaiano Valle • Vigentino Zone 6 Arzaga • Barona • Boffalora • Cascina Bianca • Conchetta • Creta • Foppette • Giambellino-Lorenteggio • Lodovico il Moro • Moncucco • Porta Genova • Porta Ticinese • Ronchetto sul Naviglio • San Cristoforo • Sant'Ambrogio • Teramo • Villa Magentino • Villaggio dei Fiori Zone 7 Assiano • Baggio • Figino • Fopponino • Forze Armate • Harar • La Maddalena • Muggiano • Porta Magenta • Quartiere degli Olmi • Quarto Cagnino • Quinto Romano • San Siro • Valsesia • Vercellese Zone 8 Boldinasco • Bullona • Cagnola • Campo dei Fiori • Cascina Triulza • Comina • Fiera • Gallaratese • Garegnano • Ghisolfa • Lampugnano • Musocco • Porta Volta • Portello • Quarto Oggiaro • QT8 • Roserio • San Leonardo • Trenno • Varesina • Vialba • Villapizzone Zone 9 Affori • Bicocca • Bovisa • Bovisasca • Bruzzano • Ca' Granda • Centro Direzionale • Comasina • Dergano • Fulvio Testi • Isola • La Fontana • Montalbino • Niguarda • Porta Garibaldi • Porta Nuova • Prato Centenaro • Segnano

Coordinates: 45°30′34″N 9°14′51″E / 45.50944°N 9.2475°E / 45.50944; 9.2475

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Nicola Piovani

Nicola Piovani (b. 26 May 1946, Rome, Italy) is a light-classical musician, theater and film score composer, and winner of the 1998 Best Original Dramatic Score Oscar for the score of the Roberto Benigni film La Vita è bella, better known to English-speaking audiences as Life Is Beautiful.

After high school, Piovani enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome, receiving his degree in piano from the Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 1967, and later studied orchestration under the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis.

Among his more popular works is the score for the Federico Fellini film Intervista, his second of three collaborations with the famous director, the others being Ginger e Fred (Ginger and Fred in English) and La voce della luna (The Voice of the Moon). Years later, he composed a ballet titled Balletto Fellini.

In 2000, his Academy Award-winning score for La Vita è bella was further nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" category, losing to Randy Newman. In light of his recent work with French directors, notably Danièle Thompson, Philippe Lioret, and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the French Minister of Culture gave him the title of Cavalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on 21 May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival.

To date, Piovani has over 130 film scores to his credit. However, he is reported to believe that, "Too many film scores make a composer a hack, but in the theatre music is above all craftsmanship." Accordingly, he continues to work in musical theatre, and also composes concert and chamber music.

Rumors have abounded for years that Nicola Piovani was a pseudonym of better-known composer Ennio Morricone, a fact Piovani uses to humorous effect when speaking in public.

External links[link]

• Official Nicola Piovani website
• Nicola Piovani at the Internet Movie Database
• Nicola Piovani at Allmusic
• Nicola Piovani discography at Discogs
• Nicola Piovani discography at MusicBrainz
• Biography of Nicola Piovani

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