Gorgonzola, Milan Gorgonzola, Milan Gorgonzola ( ) is an Italian town of c. 20,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy. It is part of the territory of the Martesana, north-east of Milan. The town gives its name to the famous cheese gorgonzola. The first written records mentioning the village of Gorgonzola back to the tenth century: it seems that the notary clerk of the convent of Saint Ambrose in Milan was the caretaker of the church of Saints Gervasio and Protasio in "Gorgontiola". In 453 the church, located in the current suburb of Gorgonzola, was attacked by the Huns who
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