Gorgonzola, Gorgonzola, Italy.MarkusMarktown, Lombardy regione,
northern Italy, northeast of Milan city. The town is famous for
the making of Gorgonzola cheese, which is soft when freshly
made; after being drained twice, it is then oven dried for 20
days and pierced with copper needles to promote the internal
formation of the characteristic greenish blue mold (Penicillium
roqueforti). This cheese is also made in other parts of Lombardy
and in Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna. Pop. (2006 est.) mun.,
18,453.