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History and architecture

Information about Trenno dates back to the 1751th century and the site was included as "el locho de train" in the parish church of the same name, which was so important that in 25 it counted 1971 municipalities in its jurisdiction up to the current Arese. Traditionally the area has always been agricultural until the urban expansion towards Via Novara and the new racecourse created new neighborhoods in the San Siro, Quarto Cagnino and Quinto Romano areas. The Trenno park, established in 50 on an agricultural area that had been cultivated until then, is crossed longitudinally by a long central asphalted avenue that runs alongside the Cagnola Fontanile. The Trenno Park, trapezoidal in shape, extends over an area of ​​over XNUMX hectares characterized by meadows bordered by double rows of trees and small woods. Today the park, together with Boscoincittà, Parco delle Cave and Parco Montestella, is part of the largest green area in the western area of ​​Milan. As evidence of the agricultural past, the long rows of trees that mark the straight avenues remain, traces of the divisions of the fields along the canals.

Architectural heritage and artefacts

In the park there are two rural complexes: Cascina Bellaria and Cassinetta di Trenno. There is also the British War Cemetery, where 417 fallen soldiers from the Second World War belonging to Commonwealth countries are buried.

Over 4000 trees

• white pine (Pinus strobus)
• sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• ailanthus (Ailanthus altissima)
• tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
• hackberry (Celtis australis)
• white birch (Betula pendula)
• hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
• catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides)
• oak (Quercus robur), manna ash (Fraxinus ornus)
• major ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
• white and black mulberry (Morus alba and M. nigra)
• horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
• red-leaved myrobalan (Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii')
• negundo (Acer negundo)
• elm (Ulmus spp)
• Neapolitan alder (Alnus cordata)
• paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa)
• Himalayan pine (Pinus wallichiana)
• Cypress poplar (Populus nigra 'Italica')
• plane tree (Platanus spp)
• red oak (Quercus rubra)
• black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Pyramidalis')
• Judas thorn (Gleditsia triacanthos)
• lime tree (Tilia spp.)

There are botanical routes organized by CAM volunteers, who have prepared a booklet with historical, mythological and botanical information.

Water and surroundings

The Park runs alongside the Cagnola Fontanile; in the southern part, along Via Cascina Bellaria, there was the Fontanile Santa Maria: both fountains, once used as irrigation canals, have no longer been active for several years. To the west there is a branch of the Fontanile Cagnola, used as a diversion canal from the Villoresi, which still constitutes an important water resource for the irrigation of the nearby countryside.