Parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II
Parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II is an urban park in central Milan, set between Basilica di San Lorenzo and Basilica di Sant’Eustorgio. Its paths create a green link between two basilicas and the surrounding historic streets.
The area covers more than 40,700 square metres and extends towards the Colonne di San Lorenzo. Architects Pier Fausto Bagatti Valsecchi and Antonio Grandi shaped it as an archaeological promenade after the Second World War. That route also reaches ruins associated with a Roman amphitheatre. Ornamental maples, hornbeams, cherry plums, beeches, oaks, elms, black poplars and black pines fill the grounds.
Playgrounds, cycle paths and a basketball court give the park an active side beside its archaeological setting. A later redesign added fencing and security cameras, while the broad lawns connect Milan’s trees, basilicas and Roman remains.
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