Arese


Arese is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan.
Arese borders the following municipalities: Lainate, Garbagnate Milanese, Bollate, Rho, Milan.
Arese received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree of October 25, 1985.
For what concerns the historical center, of particular interest is the Church of St. Peter and Paul, located in the city center.

Alfa Romeo

Starting in 1960, Arese hosted the main seat of Alfa Romeo, partly in the territories of Lainate and Garbagnate Milanese. After three years of construction, the Alfa Romeo Arese Plant first began vehicle production in 1963, which would continue for decades, becoming the biggest production facility for Alfa Romeo. The factory became known simply as "Arese" as most of the industrial area and its main entrance are in this municipality. Following a gradual decrease in production activities, the factory finished manufacturing activities in 2005. Today the factory is almost totally closed and abandoned, since the Alfa Romeo owners have almost completely moved design and production to other factories inside and outside Italy. The few remaining employees have often demonstrated against their dismissal. At the moment, most of the factory buildings are abandoned and the local administrations are looking for projects to use the huge area in a proper way, given its location. Arese and the factory are in fact very close to the newest services of Milan town, such as the high speed railway and the new exhibition centre FieraMilano.

Historical Museum

One of the few activities which is still located in the Alfa Romeo old factories is the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo, which is hosted in a dedicated building of great architectural value. In early 2011, Fiat announced the closure of the museum for renovations after the Ministry for Cultural Activities had declared the building and the collection of national cultural interest, on Arese municipality's request.
After four years, the museum officially reopened in June 2015.

Twin towns — sister cities

Arese is twinned with: