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Historic Centres, Near Magenta

The route starts from one of the best-known places in Milan, touching for the tourists who love football: the historical stadium San Siro, now named after Giuseppe Meazza. Leaving the city, we will pass through the large green areas of Trenno Park and Boscoincittà, the road Novara becomes Highway 11. Acting as a border, between the more urbanized area and industrial dry plains to the north, is a passage that has strong signs of the traditional Lombard countryside and its irrigated plains to the south. Among ancient villages and new residential neighbourhoods we will cross Settimo Milanese, Sedriano, Corbetta with its extraordinary villas, and then onto to Magenta, a main town on the plains west of Milan. It is here on the 4 June 1859 we executed the important Battle of Magenta.Franco-piemontesi claiming victory over the Austrians, allowing Napoleon III to enter Milan and representing the first step towards the unification of Italy. Continuing west and then crossing the Naviglio close to Ponte Vecchio we will enter the heart of Ticino Park, the first regional park and river in Italy, created in 1974 to protect the river and its natural habitats by an increasingly heavy attack of industry and urbanization. The park, which stretches from Sesto Calende up until Pavia, protects an area rich in nature, art and history as well as a rich ecosystem. In closing the route, on return to Milan, is another symbol of the city: a historical symbol that is renowned, for its extraordinary architectural appearance and in the new headquarters outside the city. The new Milan Exhibition Centre that covers a large area, is the basis used to represent the revival and regeneration of the whole metropolitan area and region.

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The project of itineraries is by AIM - Association of Metropolitan Interests - and was developed for the site in association with provincial editorial staff of visitamilano.

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> Fiera MilanoCity
Crossing the area of the historical Fiera, we will arrive at the seat of Il Sole 24 Ore and at the stadium "Meazza".
> "Il Sole 24 ore" headquarter
> Giuseppe Meazza - San Siro Stadium
From the Stadium we will arrive at three parks, all of which are valuable elements of this area: Trenno Park, Boscoincitta and Cave Park.
> The Park of Trenno
> Bosco in citta'
> "Parco delle Cave" (Quarry Park)
Still an integral part of the metropolis, along the old Roman road towards "Novaria" (the Latin name for the city of Novara), we will find Settimo Milanese (For septimam lapidem the seventh - plaque) with a fraction of Cascine Olona. Located here is the gothic oratory of San Giovanni Battista.
> Oratory of San Giovanni Battista
Amongst the new and old buildings, we will continue along the Padana Superiore road, through the village of St. Peter all'Olmo, that has a Romanesque church of the same name.
> Church of San Pietro all'Olmo
Then we will continue onto Sedriano, where the oratory of San Bernardino stands out in this small and orderly historical centre.
> Saint Bernardino's oratory
Heading towards Novara still on the Padana Superior, in an urban area dense with successive new residences, industrial and commercial structures, we will find one of Milan's most stunning suburbs, an example of a high quality area. In the centre, the ancient Roman "curia picta", on the crossroads where the road that led from Switzerland to Milan and that between Milan and Turin, group together is surrounded by streets lined with elegant facades of villas that between the 1600s and 1700s were seen as ideal homes and proclaiming one's fortune. On recalling the most important names of Lombardy nobility, one will find that in many cases they are still the owners. It was not the presence of a scenic canal that drew them, as in Robecco or Cassinetta. It was the proximity to Milan and the mild climate, ideal for the construction of sumptuous mansions that adorned splendid parks designed by famous architects and it was also suitable for controlling their farms.
> Villa Frisiani Mereghetti
> Villa Borri Manzoli
> Villa Pisani Dossi - Museo Pisani Dossi
> Villa Carones Massari Pisani Dossi
> Villa Zari Mereghetti
> Villa Frisiani Olivares Ferrario
> Villa Brentano Carones
Naturally, amidst the scenery is the shrine of Our Lady of Miracles.
> Sanctuary of the Madonna of Miracles.
A short distance from Corbetta is Magenta, whose name is linked to the bloody battle that on June 4, 1859, with the victory of franco-piemontesi troops over the Austrians, started the process of Italy's unification with the second War of Independence. This historical event, is commensurate every year by a re-enactment, remaining on the battlefront of the House of Jacob are signs of cannon shots.
> Giacobbe house
In Magenta we will find the Opera Theatre and the Church of the Assumption.
> Teatro Lirico
> Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
Leaving from Magenta a deviation will lead us to Naviglio Grande where we will see the Old Bridge, with the 17th century Villa Castiglioni.
> Pontevecchio di Magenta
> Villa Castiglioni
From the Villa we will take a side street surrounded by beautiful greenery along the Naviglio, where we will arrive in the village of Ponte Nuovo; continuing on the path along the industrial complex Saffa.
> Saffa industrial park
From Magenta we will enter the territory of Lombardo Park, in Valle del Ticino.
> The Ticino Valley Natural Park
Thus, we will arrive in Boffalora, where they have preserved the old atmosphere of the village with the characteristic Portico of Customs and its Bridge on Ticino.
> Portico of the customs house
> Bridge upon the Naviglio river
Now, in the outskirts of Milan, on an area of 53 hectares, where the former Agip refinery was, Milan opened the new Fiera di Milano in the territory of Rho - Pero, in 2005.
> Fiera Milano