Provincia di Milano

Carabattole

Via Idro lungo il Naviglio Martesana

The area just beyond the Crescenzago district used to be watered by irrigation channels and springs and consisted of fields and rural settlements. At the point where the Martesana intersects the river Lambro stands the Lambro farmstead, a complex that is now in a poor state of repair but which still preserves the features a rural house with a courtyard. Near via Lazzaretto, which takes its name from a refuge for plague victims built by Cardinal Borromeo, there is a small portico, similar to a wash house, in which various objects ("carabattole" in Milanese dialect) recovered during canal maintenance work are collected.

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via Idro
20128 Milano (MI)

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The route begins right in the centre of the town, near the Cassina de' Pomm in via Melchiorre Gioia.
> Cassina de' Pomm
Taking via Tofane, you go past three railway bridges and arrive in the Gorla area, an ancient district of Milan, filled with history, that formed an independent municipality in the past. At the end of via Tofane you crosses viale Monza, which has heavy traffic.
The bike ride continues peacefully and safely along the towpath, past small green areas and ancient balustrade houses, where old constructions and renovated buildings stand side by side.
> Gorla
After viale Monza, you proceed along via Bestelli and come to Martesana Park, a large green area that leads to the centre of a recently built residential zone. Going further along, you reach via Padova, where the route turns to the left and becomes via Idro. The scenery along this stretch is mainly industrial.
> Via Idro lungo il Naviglio Martesana
The canal now flows past warehouses and industrial buildings and passes under the ring road near the Gobba farmstead. As you arrive at the suburb of Gaggiolo you can see Villa Cazzaniga.
> Villa Cazzaniga - Gaggiolo
After a few kilometres you come to Cernusco sul Naviglio, where you can see the garden and lodges of villa Alari Visconti and, on via Uboldo, the villa of the same name.
> Villa Uboldo

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