The informal boundaries of the district are three main city streets, respectively Via Mecenate, Via Bonfadini and Via Salomone.

The urbanization of Taliedo jump started in the 1910s, when aircraft designer Giovanni Battista Caproni established a landing strip in the area.

Taliedo, and the Officine Caproni, are related to one of the few traditional "ghost stories" of the Milanese folklore, reported by journalist Domenico Porzio and other sources.

[1] According to the legend, the ghost of a man dressed in an aviator's suit used to walk by the Caproni facilities and the tramway terminus.

In Guida ai misteri e segreti di Milano, SugarCo 1977.