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EUR 50 - 160 Hotel Nuovo Rondò
Hotel Nuovo Rondò is just a 2-minute walk from Sesto Rondò Metro Station, for direct links to Milan Cathedral. Rooms have free Wi-Fi access and LCD … MoreEUR 50 - 160 Hotel Europa
Hotel Europa offers free parking, and rooms with LCD TV and free Wi-Fi. It is just 200 metres from Sesto Rondò Metro Station, on Milan´s Line 1… MoreEUR 45 - 110 Hotel Rosa
Offering bright air-conditioned rooms with flat-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi, Hotel Rosa is 5 minutes´ walk from Sesto Rondo Metro Station with dir… MoreEUR 59 - 320 Hotel St. John
Located at the end of Viale Monza and near the Marelli Metro Station, Hotel St. John offers rooms with free internet and satellite TV.
Hotel St. John… MoreEUR 68 - 580 NH Concordia
This modern 4-star hotel is located in Sesto San Giovanni´s business district, just 15 minutes away from Milans city centre and very close to Se… MoreEUR 35 - 216 Hotel Bristol
Hotel Bristol is located in Sesto San Giovanni, at the northern outskirts of Milan. Free bicycles are available at reception, and rooms are decorated … MoreEUR 73 - 357 Grand Hotel Villa Torretta
Villa Torretta is a villa of the 16th century with unique rooms and free parking. Set at the borders of Milan´s Parco Nord, it is a 20-minute dr… MoreEUR 50 - 280 Bert Hotel
Hotel Bert is 250 meters from the 2 metro stations on the red line, Sesto Marelli and Sesto Rondo’. The trip to Milan´s Duomo Cathedral takes … MoreEUR 64 - 390 Best Western Falck Village Hotel
Located in Sesto San Giovanni this Falck Village is a short drive from Monza Raceway and MilanoFiera Trade Fair. It offers a free scheduled shuttle bu… MoreEUR 55 - 370 Grand Hotel Barone Di Sassj
The Grand Hotel is set 200 metres from Milan´s red metro line, few stops from the Duomo Cathedral. All its rooms provide air conditioning and sa… MoreEUR 65 - 500 Grand Hotel Duca Di Mantova
Opening in September 2010, Duca Di Mantova provides modern rooms with LCD TVs and Wi-Fi access. Located in Sesto San Giovanni, it is near the A25 and … MoreEUR 55 - 550 Abacus Hotel
Hotel Abacus is 50 metres from Sesto San Giovanni Metro and Railway Station. Indoor parking, internet, and access to the wellness centre are free from… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An unrelevant agglomerate of building until the 1800s, Sesto San Giovanni grew during the end of the 19th century and in the early 1900s, becoming place of several industries, such as Falck, Campari, Marelli and Ansaldobreda, S.P.A.|Breda. In that period the population increased exponentially, from 5,000 inhabitants in 1880 to 14,000 in 1911. After the World War II, Sesto become populated by many migrants from Southern Italy, arriving up to 95,000 inhabitants in 1981. Sesto has been known for a long time as the Stalingrad of Italy, because of the strong historical presence of Pci, the Italian communist party, which gave the city all its majors.
In the 1990s, Sesto San Giovanni suffered an economical crisis, and all the historical companies closed their offices in the city. The town partially succedeed in reconverting its economy from producing steel to other activities, avoiding the sad fate of other steel-producing towns, such as Sheffield in England and Flint (Michigan, Usa). Unemployment is low, because some large companies opened offices in Sesto, such as Asea Brown Boveri|ABB Group, Wind, Impregilo and Oracle Corporation.
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