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A quartiere (; plural: quartieri) is a territorial subdivision of certain Italian towns. The word derives from quarto, or fourth, and was thus properly used only for towns divided into four neighborhoods by the two main roads. It has been later used as a synonymous of neighbourhood, and an Italian town can be now subdivided into a greater number of quartieri. The Swiss town of Lugano (in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino) is subdivided into quarters also.
The English word " quarter" to mean an urban neighbourhood (e.g. the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana) is derived from the cognate old French word "quartier".
Other Italian towns with other than four official neighbourhoods are frequently divided into analogous terzieri (3) or sestieri (6); some towns merely refer to these neighborhoods by the non-number-specific rioni. Quartieri, terzieri, sestieri, rioni, and their analogues are usually no longer administrative divisions of these towns, but historical and traditional communities, most often seen in their sharpest relief in the town's annual palio. Only in a few Italian cities, like in Florence and Bologna, a quartiere is also an administrative subdivision.
Quartiere (also known as Neighborhood) is a 1987 Italian drama film written and directed by Silvano Agosti.
The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
Usage examples of "quartiere".
The church of San Giovenale was in the Quartiere Vecchio, a colourful area with medieval towers and churches.
The club was an empty warehouse in Pascalone Quartiere Sanita, with a room that was soundproof.
Anche con tutto quello spiegamento di forze di polizia nel quartiere, lo spaccio di droga non s'interrompeva un istante.
Si augurò che nessun abitante di quel popoloso quartiere stesse osservando la scena da una delle case allineate lungo la strada.
Quel quartiere di Rosslyn sembrava pacifico, sereno, ben tenuto: prati accuratamente rasati, box doppi, case grandi, in parte antiche, in parte moderne.