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The PalaBancoDesio (full name: Palazzetto dello Sport di Desio, known for sponsorship reasons as PalaBancoDesio) is an arena located in Desio, Lombardy, Italy. Opened in 1992, the arena – with a capacity of 6,700 or 8,000 depending on the layout – has hosted a number of sporting and artistic events, chief of which have been basketball and gymnastics.

The Villa Traversi Tittoni, or Villa Cusani Traversi Tittoni is a rural palace in Desio, northern Italy. An original palace at the site was built by the aristocratic Cusani family. The structure was rebuilt and redesigned first in 1776 by Giuseppe Piermarini in a Neoclassical style. In 1817, the villa was sold to the lawyer Giovanni Traversi; beginning in 1840, the interiors were refurbished and the façade added by Pelagio Palagi. The palace has extensive gardens, designed in a free nineteenth century "English style". In 1900, the Villa became property of Tommaso Tittoni, a statesman and diplomat. After World War II, the house functioned as a seminary, until, in 1975, it was acquired by the comune of Desio. The villa now hosts a library and museum, named after Giuseppe Scalvini.

Cusano Milanino (local Lombard: Cusan [kyˈzãː]) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in Lombardy. Cusano Milanino is about 13 kilometers far from the center of Milan. It borders Paderno Dugnano, Cinisello Balsamo, Cormano and Bresso.

Crocetta is a district in the southern part of the Comune of Cinisello Balsamo, Province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. The district is bounded by a triangle of roads: the A4 Milan-Venice motorway, the Viale Fulvio Testi (SS36) and the Via Stalingrad. They separate it physically from the rest of Cinisello Balsamo. The district is occupied by large apartment complexes, built between the 1960s and 1970s, and has an area of 157,890 square meters. Of the 5,000 residents of Crocetta 2,000 are immigrants. The population density of 31,700 inhabitants/km2 is six times the Cinisello Balsamo average. The immigrant population makes up 40% of Crocetta's residents. Dwellings are almost exclusively privately owned. Tenancies have a high rate of turnover due to a steady growth of the immigrant population that has replaced much of the historical inhabitant cohort. The present buildings were designed to accommodate middle class professionals who commuted to Milan for work; there still remains a strong sense of belonging and a desire to improve their environment by families that have decided to stay in the Crocetta district.

Borgo Misto is a neighbourhood in the northern area of the city of Cinisello Balsamo, in Italy, bordering with the neighbourhood of Sant'Eusebio and with Taccona of Muggiò.

Villa Rachele is a district in the southern west area of the city of Cinisello Balsamo, in Italy, bordering the Parco Nord in Bresso and bordering Sesto San Giovanni. This area, a slender strip of land, beyond the Viale Fulvio Testi, bordering Sest S.G., Ward Rondinella, a periphery made up of large apartment buildings, car parks, little green, and many clochard and immigrants.

Varedo railway station is a railway station in Italy. It serves the town of Varedo.

Varedo (Milanese: Varee) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Milan. Varedo borders the following municipalities: Desio, Bovisio-Masciago, Limbiate, Nova Milanese, Paderno Dugnano.

The Battle of Desio was fought on 21 January 1277 between the Della Torre and Visconti families for the control of Milan and its countryside. The battlefield is located near the modern Desio, a commune outside the city in Lombardy, Northern Italy. Although generally considered one of the numerous minor battles fought in the 13th century in Italy during the Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, it was in fact the conclusion of a long inner struggle for the possession of Milan, leading to the transformation of the former democratic regime into an aristocratic signoria. The Visconti victory granted them the rule over Milan, which lasted until the 15th century.

The Church of San Martino is a Catholic religious building located in Cinisello Balsamo, in Piazza Soncino, overlooking Villa Casati Stampa. It is the main church in the Balsamo area.

The sanctuary of San Martino Vescovo (Italian: Santuario di San Martino Vescovo) in Balsamo (of which he is the patron saint and protector) is a religious building in the city of Cinisello Balsamo, located at the confluence of Via San Saturnino (south) and Via San Martino (north), facing the Avenue of Remembrances. Historically, it has also been the reference church of the local Balsamese community for centuries, around which the city's built-up area developed until the early 20th century.

Desio is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Milan–Chiasso railway, it serves the town of Desio.