The park was designed in 1970 by the Municipal Technical Office to provide the area, the subject of great urban expansion, with a green area that would be, as well as a place for recreation, also a meeting point for the inhabitants of the new neighbourhoods. The northern edge is delimited by a series of urban vegetable gardens, while on the western side, the Roggia Bartolomea acts as a natural border to the park.
In the past this was an agricultural area, equipped with a dense network of canals that took water from the Navigli, Grande and Pavese; the clayey composition of the soil and the abundance of water allowed the formation of large and fertile water meadows.
A redevelopment intervention is planned to enhance the small waterways, previously used for rice fields, and modify the avenues that will give continuity to the new road network. The large spaces will be enlivened by variations in slope and paths that will determine a division into zones, in which there will be sports areas and play areas for children and teenagers, differentiated by age and theme.
The different areas will be connected by a route along which all the activities will take place. Through some itineraries, which will start from the Andrea Campagna Park, it will be possible to practice cycle tourism with marked circuits for extensive excursions in the Southern Agricultural Park.
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Architectural heritage and artefacts
Evidence of the area's previous rural destination are the Cascine Boffalora, Boffaloretta and Battitacco, which are located near the Park.
