Cascina Torrette di Trenno - Municipality of Milan

Cascina Torrette di Trenno - urban cultural SEA

What do you find in the farmhouse

The free visit offers the opportunity to see with your own eyes a collection of work tools from peasant civilization. These ancient tools tell us about the efforts and values from which the dynamic and heterogeneous Milanese society arose and developed.

On the wall of the warehouse, to the left of the entrance door, you can glimpse a votive fresco with a religious background. It depicts the Madonna and Child.

Reasons of interest

The farmhouse dates back to 1600 and is located within the Trenno Park. Until 1700 it belonged to the Barnabite Fathers who, like many religious communities, were involved in agricultural activities.

The entire area constituted an ancient parish church, i.e. a civil and religious territorial district belonging to a place of worship built in the countryside. Similarly to much of the Milanese surroundings, this area was characterized by woods and swamps. It was the Cistercian monks who reclaimed it and allowed its cultivation starting from the 12th century.

The agricultural activity was transmitted over the centuries by the Benedictine monks until 2011.