Via Paolo Sarpi
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Via Paolo Sarpi is a street in Milan
, Italy
known to be the center of the city's Chinese community. Milan hosts the oldest and largest Chinese community in Italy, with about 17,000 people in 2010.
The Milanese Chinatown
was originally established in the 1920s
by immigrants from Wencheng County
, in the Zhejiang
province, and used to operate small textile and leather workshops.
The street is situated in the 9th district
and is an important commercial avenue.
Today, the street is filled with hairdressing salons, both Europe
an and oriental fashion boutique
s, silk and leather stores and Chinese takeaways and restaurants. Several Italian-Chinese companies are also headquartered in the street.
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy
Italy
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known to be the center of the city's Chinese community. Milan hosts the oldest and largest Chinese community in Italy, with about 17,000 people in 2010.
The Milanese Chinatown
Chinatown
A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of overseas Chinese people, although it is often generalized to include various Southeast Asian people. Chinatowns exist throughout the world, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Australasia, and Europe. Binondo's Chinatown located in Manila,...
was originally established in the 1920s
1920s
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by immigrants from Wencheng County
Wencheng County
Wencheng County ) is one of the six counties in the prefecture-level city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang. It is located in the southwest of Wenzhou, near Ruian city, Taishun County and Pingyang County.The city is built on the Feiyun Jiang river....
, in the Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
province, and used to operate small textile and leather workshops.
The street is situated in the 9th district
Administrative divisions of Milan
The current administrative division of Milan, Italy comprises nine zones numbered from 1 to 9. The organization was established in 1997 and implemented in 1999; prior to that the city was divided in 20 administrative zones.-Zone council:Each zone has a local government called "Consiglio di Zona"...
and is an important commercial avenue.
Today, the street is filled with hairdressing salons, both Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an and oriental fashion boutique
Boutique
A boutique is a small shopping outlet, especially one that specializes in elite and fashionable items such as clothing and jewelry. The word is French for "shop", via Latin from Greek ἀποθήκη , "storehouse"....
s, silk and leather stores and Chinese takeaways and restaurants. Several Italian-Chinese companies are also headquartered in the street.