Bosco in Città: an urban oasis in Milan

Bosco in Città means “forest in the city”

This park was born in the spirit of the new “green culture” at the end of the 1960s, on the initiative of Associazione Italia Nostra, which applied for and received a free concession from the City Council in 1975 for a plot of approximately 350,000 m2 of agricultural land that had been unused for years.

Work on the implementation of the project began on March 15, 1974, thanks to the receipt of 30,000 plants from the Forest Guard. three years later, in 1877, the Amici Del Bosco committee was founded to collect funds for the maintenance of the park, which until then had been charged to Italia Nostra.

Il Boscoincitta’, gradually expanded in the following years, provided with car parks, today covers an area of 500,000 m2. It is an unusual park, where the forest part with 280,000 m2 is almost twice as large as the meadows. In addition, there are plenty of streams that connect to form a lake rich in fauna and flora. In the outermost part of the park, distinguished by open glades, there are fish ponds and gardens, breeding areas allocated at random.

The focal point is the ancient Cascina (homestead) of San Romano, the operational headquarters of Boscoincitta’. Rebuilt and renovated after a fire in 1981, it is a documentation and research center, equipped with a “green library”. Teaching and volunteering activities are organized there, but it is also a place of rest and fun, intended for parties and barbecues, which until 1999, when the park was fenced, also took place at night …

Opening hours

Opening: 7.30 (December and January 8.30)
Closing: December and January 17.00, February 18.30, March 19.00, April to September 20.00, October 19.00, November 17.30.

Facilities: PARKING, picnic area, library, bathrooms

Characteristic elements: a lake, gardens and ponds

• Official website boscoincitta.it
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