Parco di Baggio
Parco di Baggio sits in western Milan, named after the ancient village of Baggio. The city turned the land into a public park in 1964. You walk under black pines and oaks, and mulberry trees recall the days when silkworms were raised here.
Much earlier, in the thirteenth century, Olivetani monks founded a monastery on this site. Austrian rule suppressed the monastery in 1773, and the land then worked as a farm until the mid-twentieth century. Monastic remnants survive among the trees: a beautifully restored facade and a cloister.
A basketball and volleyball court, a children's playground and a dedicated dog area cover the everyday side of life here. Every October the Sagra di Baggio celebrates local culture on these grounds, a tradition since 1628. It is one of the oldest festivals in the Milan area, organised with the district council and the city. An afternoon in the park runs from the old cloister to a basketball game.
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