Muggiano Quarry Park
Town Hall 7
Entrance: via Gascona 60
Opening hours: 7: 00 - 20: 00
How to get: bicycle or car
Area: 160.000 sqm
Year of realization: 2009
Designer: Technical Office of the Municipality of Milan
What to do at the park
- wooden play area;
- stroll;
- stop and relax;
- run along the avenues;
- cycling: Muggiano is connected to the city of Milan by a cycle path;
- picnic area with gazebo and tables;
- fenced urban gardens managed by the Municipality 7.
The park in brief
Inserted in the Southern Agricultural Park is a large green area that connects the city to the countryside.
The landscape is that of the Po Valley, with the nearby fifteenth-century farmhouses of Guascona and Gasconcina and the important fountains, Cappello del Prete, Ferro di Cavalli and degli Assi, among the most beautiful visible in Milan, flanked by pedestrian paths.
The vegetation is also typical of the Lombard plain, with poplars, locust trees, willows, elderberries, priest's hat and hawthorn. The flooring is in concrete.
History and Architecture
The park is set in a naturalistic context typical of the Po Valley, rich in history linked to agriculture, as evidenced by the adjacent Guascona and Guasconcina farmhouses and the fountains. An integral part of the Southern Milan Agricultural Park, it is included in an inter-municipal system of parks, which constitutes a link between the city and the countryside.
Architectural heritage and artefacts
Near the park are the Cascine Guascona and Gasconcina.
Main tree species
- maple (Acer campestre)
- major ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
- black alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- white poplar (Popolus alba)
- Black poplar (Populus nigra)
- oak (Quercus robur)
- black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- willow (Salix alba)
- lime tree (Tilia cordata)
Main shrubs
- hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna).
- priest's hat (Euonymus europaeus)
- dogwood (Cornus mas/sanguinea)
- hazelnut (Corylus avellana)
- willow (Salix caprea)
- elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
Water and surroundings
In the park there are among the most important fountains, the "Cappello del Prete", "Ferro di Cavalli" and "degli Assi", which due to their shape, water flow, naturalistic and landscape value are to be considered among the most evocative of our territory.
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Updated: 17/04/2024