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Gorgonzola is a small town near Milan in northern Italy known for the production of Gorgonzola cheese, a distinctive blue cheese made from cow's milk that has been produced in the region for centuries. The cheese bearing the town's name is one of Italy's most famous exports and an important part of Italian culinary tradition and cultural heritage.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Gorgonzola
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Metropolitan City of Milan
- Population
- 21216
- Area
- 10.58
- Elevation
- 133
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Pozzuolo Martesana
- Official website
- www.comune.gorgonzola.mi.it
- Image
- 033GorgonzolaViaSerbelloni.JPG
- Dialing code
- 02
- Licence plate code
- MI
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- Commons category
- Gorgonzola (Italy)
- postal code
- 20064
- twinned administrative body
- Annweiler am Trifels
- Commons gallery
- Gorgonzola
- topic's main category
- Category:Gorgonzola (Italy)
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Gorgonzola ( Italian pronunciation: [ɡorɡonˈdzɔːla]; Lombard: Gorgonzoeula [ɡurɡũˈzøːla]) is a town in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is part of the territory of the Martesana, north-east of Milan. Gorgonzola cheese is named after the town.
History
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