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of Affori; he bought a large piece of land in the area and ordered the construction of a luxury villa, now known as Villa Litta. This boosted the economy of Affori, which became largely dependent by the villa itself. Another major thrust to the development of Affori came between the 18th and 19th
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administrative division of the city, located north of the city centre. It borders with the wards of
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1192:La Maddalena
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1036:Vaiano Valle
1016:San Gottardo
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1285:Gallaratese
976:Le Terrazze
971:Gratosoglio
951:Chiaravalle
775:Città Studi
727:Porta Nuova
687:Crescenzago
417:Milan Metro
393:Günter Brus
295:sericulture
228:anthroponym
1505:Categories
1475:45°31′02″N
1433:Montalbino
1428:La Fontana
1398:Ca' Granda
1300:Lampugnano
1250:Boldinasco
1232:Vercellese
1021:Selvanesco
1006:Quintosole
946:Case Nuove
868:Morsenchio
853:Gamboloita
838:Castagnedo
833:Calvairate
828:Acquabella
707:Maggiolina
551:References
389:Enrico Baj
310:Napoleonic
291:mulberries
1478:9°10′10″E
1388:Bovisasca
1290:Garegnano
1177:Fopponino
1079:Conchetta
1069:Boffalora
1041:Vigentino
991:Morivione
986:Missaglia
981:Macconago
941:Cantalupa
903:San Luigi
858:La Trecca
848:Forlanini
765:Casoretto
717:Mirabello
654:Guastalla
455:Footnotes
449:Lega Nord
425:Affori FN
239:ad fontem
186:Bovisasca
119:Time zone
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1408:Comasina
1393:Bruzzano
1345:Varesina
1315:Portello
1295:Ghisolfa
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1222:San Siro
1197:Muggiano
1104:Moncucco
1089:Foppette
1031:Torretta
936:Basmetto
898:Rogoredo
843:Cavriano
785:Lambrate
732:Precotto
712:Mandello
443:Politics
340:de facto
317:Bruzzano
274:Bruzzano
243:ad foris
235:ad forum
194:Niguarda
182:Comasina
178:Bruzzano
85:Province
78:Lombardy
1458:Segnano
1413:Dergano
1378:Bicocca
1330:Roserio
1305:Musocco
1260:Cagnola
1255:Bullona
1162:Assiano
1026:Stadera
913:Taliedo
810:Rottole
770:Cimiano
682:Adriano
325:Dergano
308:During
286:cascine
278:Bollate
206:History
190:Dergano
54:Country
35:in 1923
1383:Bovisa
1373:Affori
1365:Zone 9
1350:Vialba
1340:Trenno
1275:Comina
1242:Zone 8
1172:Figino
1167:Baggio
1154:Zone 7
1134:Teramo
1064:Barona
1059:Arzaga
1051:Zone 6
966:Fatima
928:Zone 5
873:Nosedo
863:Monluè
820:Zone 4
790:Ortica
757:Zone 3
702:Loreto
674:Zone 2
631:Zone 1
331:named
329:comune
321:Bresso
270:pieves
255:Ticino
212:Affoni
199:comune
174:Zone 9
158:Affori
97:Comune
73:Region
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23:Affori
1423:Isola
1280:Fiera
1187:Harar
1084:Creta
878:Omero
780:Dosso
742:Turro
697:Greco
692:Gorla
639:Brera
618:Milan
382:organ
232:Latin
224:Avoni
220:Afori
216:Afoni
170:Italy
166:Milan
160:is a
145:UTC+2
124:UTC+1
102:Milan
90:Milan
66:Italy
33:Milan
323:and
302:duke
293:and
266:Como
192:and
162:ward
149:CEST
109:Zone
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374:'s
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164:of
138:DST
128:CET
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218:,
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188:,
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