Oreste del Buono Garden (ex Motta Park)

Town Hall 3
Arrival: viale Campania and via Terenzio
Timetables: 7:00 - 22:00
How to Get There:: railway link, Dateo stop | tram 12 | 27 | bus 45 | 73 | 90 | 91 | 93 

Area: 12.500 sqm
Year of creation: 2005-2010
Designers: Gilberto Oneto – Studio Conti Associati

What to do at the park

  • children's play area, with castle, house, swings, play sculptures
  • walk
  • stop and relax
  • running and cycling along the routes
  • skateboard track
  • regulation basketball court
  • dog area

The park in brief

The "Oreste del Buono" Garden, today characterized by tree-lined paths and leisure areas, stands on an area once occupied by the Motta and ATM factories; as evidence of this industrial past, an old warehouse has been preserved and restored, today used as a museum for exhibitions.
In the center of the park there is a characteristic snake-shaped sculpture that recalls the snake symbol of Milan; at its ends two large structures: one 6 meters high, covered in colored mosaic and the other covered in stone, on which it is possible to climb.

The paths are made of macadam and the small squares are paved with stone cubes.

The creation of the park took place following the completion of the construction of a complex of residential buildings, a shopping center and a multi-storey car park on the area that was occupied by the Motta factories and an ATM depot, between Viale Campania and Via Zanella. , via Terenzio and viale Corsica.

It develops into two distinct parts, divided by Via Terenzio.

The physical and symbolic element that connects them is represented by a raised "snake-sculpture" approximately 300 meters long and up to 3 meters high that crosses the entire park and is intended to recall the heraldic snake of Milan. At its ends there are two heads, one 6 meters high, covered in colored mosaic and the other, a large play sculpture covered in stone, on which it is possible to climb, which completes the equipment of the play area.

Architectural heritage and artefacts

The park includes the old building originally used as a depot for the ATM horse-drawn carriages, intended as a museum for temporary and permanent exhibitions.

Tree species

  • Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
  • horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
  • common boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)
  • hackberry (Celtis australis)
  • hornbeam (Carpinus betulus 'Pyramidalis')
  • Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodora)
  • beech (Fagus sylvatica)
  • American styrax (Liquidambar styraciflua)
  • magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
  • Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata “Kanzan”)
  • English oak (Quercus robur)
  • local lime tree (Tilia platyphyllos).

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Updated: 13/10/2022