Topography
The village is divided into four smaller areas: the old village (Dresano vecchio), Madonnina (built in the sixties), Villaggio ambrosiano (erected in the seventies) and Villaggio Helios (begun in the nineties).
The old village shows one of the oldest farms in the area, Cascina Belpensiero, which displays a secular tree in the middle of the farmyard. This dairy farm is already mentioned in written historical sources dating back to 1500, and it is still surrounded by fields, 1 km from the village.
Every year, in May, the dairy farm holds the traditional "Quater Pass per un Vitel", an amatorial footrace, organised by the local sports group Gruppo Sportivo Marciatori San Giorgio (San Giorgio being the local patron saint). The prize for such race is a live calf. There are three different options for the race: 6 km, 12 km, and 21 km.
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