Quartiere
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A quartiere (Italian: [kwarˈtjɛːre]; pl.: quartieri) is a territorial subdivision of Italophone towns. The word derives from quarto (lit. 'fourth') and was thus properly used only for towns divided into four neighborhoods by the two main roads.[1]
Other Italian towns are frequently divided into analogous urban neighborhoods of 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. Sometimes towns maintain traditional cultural events linked to quartieri: a notable case is the Palio di Siena. Only in a few Italian cities, like in Florence and Bologna, a quartiere is also an administrative subdivision.
