Gorgonzola Gorgonzola Gorgonzola (; ) is a veined Italian blue cheese, made from unskimmed cow's milk. It can be buttery or firm, crumbly and quite salty, with a "bite" from its blue veining. Gorgonzola has been produced for centuries in Gorgonzola, Milan, acquiring its greenish-blue marbling in the 11th century. However, the town's claim of geographical origin is disputed by other localities. Today, it is mainly produced in the northern Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. Whole cow's milk is used, to which starter bacteria are added, along with spores of the mold "Penicillium glaucum". "Penicillium roqueforti", used in Roquefort cheese,
Baggio (district of Milan) Baggio (district of Milan) Baggio ( ) is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 7 administrative division of the city. Before being annexed to Milan in 1923, it was an autonomous "comune". The origin of name "Baggio" is disputed. Some scholars suggest that it might be from a Roman military tower called "Badalocum" (in Latin, "watch the place"); others have it derive from a toponymy "Badia Aggeris", possibly referring to an abbey, which over time was contracted into "Badagio" and later distorted into "Badaglo", then "Badaxio", and eventually "Baggio". A settlement in Baggio (most probably of