Country Italy Comune Milan Time zone CET (UTC+1) | Region Lombardy Zone 3 Province Milan | |
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Restaurants La Balera dell'Ortica, La Brocca, Incamino | ||
Ortica is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, located within the Zone 3 administrative division. The district used to be a frazione of Lambrate when the latter was an autonomous comune; after Lambrate was annexed to Milan, in 1923, Lambrate and Ortica came to be referred to as distinct districts.
Map of Ortica, Milan, Italy
The name "Ortica" comes from orto, referring to a small market garden, as the river Lambro, traversing both Lambrate and Ortica, has been long used for the irrigation of small cultivated areas.
Ortica housed a railway station, called "Stazione di Lambrate", from 1896 to 1931; the station was later moved to another location in Lambrate proper (now Lambrate district).
Enzo Jannacci, the famous Milanese singer-songwriter, mentions Ortica in his song Faceva il palo ("he was the lookout"), dedicated to some "Gang of the Ortica" ("banda dell'Ortica").