Parco Agricolo Sud Milano ("Rural Park South Milan") is a large protected rural area located south and south-east of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
. The park was established in 1990 with the purpose of preserving, safeguarding, and enhancing the natural and historical heritage of the
Po Valley
The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain ( it, Pianura Padana , or ''Val Padana'') is a major geographical feature of Northern Italy. It extends approximately in an east-west direction, with an area of including its Venetic ex ...
. It is 47,000 hectares wide and shaped like a half-circle, located between Milan and the southern border of its
Province
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. It also connects two other large protected natural areas: ''Ticino Park'' to the west and ''Adda Park'' to the east.
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The park comprises different areas such as agricultural land proper, peripheral
boroughs
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle Ag ...
of Milan, a number of communes and cities of the
Province of Milan
The Province of Milan ( it, Provincia di Milano) was a province in the Lombardy region, Italy. Its capital was the city of Milan. The area of the former province is highly urbanized, with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, the third highest populati ...
, river basins (the two prominent rivers in the park being the
Lambro
The Lambro ( lmo, Lamber or ''Lambar'' ) is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po.
The Lambro rises from the Monte San Primo, elevation , near the Ghisallo, in the province of Como, not far from Lake Como. After Mag ...
and the
Ticino
Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
), sparse woodlands,
cascine
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Key artists include Yumi Zouma, Half Waif, Chad Valley, Mari ...
(farms), local city parks (including ''Parco delle Cave'', ''Boscoincittà'', and ''Trenno Park''), as well as historical monuments (like the
Chiaravalle Abbey
The Abbey of Santa Maria di Rovegnano (Latin: ''Sanctæ Mariæ Clarævallis Mediolanensis'') is a Cistercian monastic complex in the ''comune'' of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. The '' borgo'' that has developed round the abbey was once an i ...
).
The park is directly managed by the
Province of Milan
The Province of Milan ( it, Provincia di Milano) was a province in the Lombardy region, Italy. Its capital was the city of Milan. The area of the former province is highly urbanized, with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, the third highest populati ...
.
Municipalities
The territories of the following
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
are completely or partially included in Parco Agricolo Sud Milano:
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Albairate
Albairate ( lmo, Bairaa or ''Albairaa'' ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan.
Albairate borders the following municipalities: Corbetta, Cisliano, Cass ...
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Arluno
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Assago
Assago ( lmo, Assagh or ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the northern Italian region of Lombardy.
It contains the headquarters of Nestlé's Italian branch and the Mediolanum Forum
Mediolanum Forum (originally ...
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Bareggio
Bareggio ( lmo, Baregg ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about west of Milan.
Bareggio borders the following municipalities: Pregnana Milanese, Cornaredo, Sedriano, Cus ...
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Basiglio
Basiglio ( lmo, Basej ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about south of Milan. It is the richest municipality of Italy.
Basiglio borders the following municipalities: Zibido ...
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Binasco
Binasco ( lmo, Binasch ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,236 and an area of .All demographics and other s ...
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Bubbiano
Bubbiano (Milanese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan.
Bubbiano borders the following municipalities: Morimondo, Rosate, Calvignasco, Casorate ...
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Buccinasco
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Calvignasco
Calvignasco (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan.
Calvignasco borders the following municipalities: Rosate, Vernate, Bubbiano, Casorate P ...
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Carpiano
Carpiano (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan.
Carpiano borders the following municipalities: San Giuliano Milanese, Locate di Triulzi, M ...
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Casarile
Casarile ( lmo, Casaril ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,637 and an area of .All demographics and other st ...
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Cassina de' Pecchi Cassina may refer to:
Places in Italy
* Cassina de' Pecchi, in the province of Milan
*Cassina Rizzardi, in the province of Como
* Cassina Valsassina, in the province of Lecco
*Cassina Amata, in the province of Milan
*Cassina Nuova, in the province ...
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Cernusco sul Naviglio
Cernusco sul Naviglio (; lmo, Cernusch, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northwestern Italy. With a population of 33,436 as of 2015 it is the 14th-largest municipality in the metropolitan city.
It is loca ...
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Cerro al Lambro
Cerro al Lambro (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan.
Cerro al Lambro borders the following municipalities: Vizzolo Predabissi ( MI), Ca ...
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Cesano Boscone
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Cisliano
Cisliano ( lmo, Cislian or ''Sisian'' ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about west of Milan.
Cisliano borders the following municipalities: Sedriano, Bareggio, Vitt ...
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Colturano
Colturano (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan.
Colturano borders the following municipalities: Mediglia, Tribiano, San Giuliano Milane ...
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Corbetta
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Cornaredo
Cornaredo (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan.
Cornaredo borders the following municipalities: Rho, Pregnana Milanese, Settimo Milanese ...
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Corsico
Corsico (Milanese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, bordering Milan on the southwest.
Corsico received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 22 July 1987. Corsico is ser ...
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Cusago
Cusago ( lmo, Cusagh ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about west of Milan.
Cusago borders the following municipalities: Milan, Cornaredo, Settimo Milanese, Bareggio, Ci ...
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Dresano
Dresano ( lmo, Dresan ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan.
Dresano borders the following municipalities: Mediglia, Tribiano, Mulazzano, Colturan ...
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Gaggiano
Gaggiano ( lmo, Gaggian or ''Gasgian'' ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,360 and an area of .All demographic ...
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Gorgonzola
Gorgonzola (; ) is a veined blue cheese, originally from Italy, made from unskimmed cow's milk. It can be buttery or firm, crumbly and quite salty, with a "bite" from its blue veining.
History
Historically, gorgonzola has been produced for ...
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Gudo Visconti
Gudo Visconti (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lom ...
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Lacchiarella
Lacchiarella ( lmo, La Ciarella ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about south of Milan.
Lacchiarella borders the following municipalities: Zibido San Giacomo, Pieve Eman ...
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Liscate
Liscate ( lmo, Liscaa ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the s ...
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Locate di Triulzi
Locate di Triulzi (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan.
Locate di Triulzi borders the following municipalities: San Donato Milanese, San ...
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Mediglia
Mediglia (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombar ...
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Melegnano
Melegnano (formerly Marignano; lmo, Meregnan ) is a town and ''comune'' in Italy, in the province of Milan, region of Lombardy. The town lies southeast of the city of Milan. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 2 ...
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Melzo
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Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
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Noviglio
Noviglio (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,456 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian s ...
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Opera
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Pantigliate
Pantigliate ( lmo, Pantijaa or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan.
Pantigliate borders the following municipalities: Rodano, Settala
Settala ( lmo, ...
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Paullo
Paullo ( lmo, Paull , locally ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. As of 30 April 2014, it had a population of 11,333 and an area of .All demographics and oth ...
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Pero
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Peschiera Borromeo
Peschiera Borromeo (; Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on August 6, ...
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Pieve Emanuele
Pieve Emanuele ( lmo, Piev ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about south of Milan, and about north of Pavia.
Pieve Emanuele borders the following municipalities: Rozzano, Opera, Locate di Triulzi, Basigl ...
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Pioltello
Pioltello ( lmo, Pioltell ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan.
Pioltello borders the following municipalities: Cernusco sul Naviglio, Vimodrone, Segra ...
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Pregnana Milanese
Pregnana Milanese is a town located in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy.
It is served by Pregnana Milanese railway station
Pregnana Milanese railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Turin–Milan rai ...
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Rho
Rho (uppercase Ρ, lowercase ρ or ; el, ρο or el, ρω, label=none) is the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 100. It is derived from Phoenician letter res . Its uppercase form uses the sa ...
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Rodano
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Rosate
Rosate ( lmo, label=Milanese, Rosaa ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan.
Rosate borders the following municipalities: Gaggiano, Gudo Visconti, ...
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Rozzano
Rozzano ( lmo, Rozzan ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about south of Milan.
Rozzano borders the following municipalities: Milan, Assago, Zibido San Giacomo, Opera, Pieve ...
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San Donato Milanese
San Donato Milanese (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. It is served by the San Donato underground station right on the borderline betw ...
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San Giuliano Milanese
San Giuliano Milanese (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on April 24, 20 ...
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Sedriano
Sedriano ( lmo, Sidrian ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about west of Milan.
Sedriano borders the following municipalities: Vanzago, Pregnana Milanese, Arluno, Bareggi ...
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Segrate
Segrate ( lmo, label=Milanese, Segraa ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) located in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy.
An eastern suburb of Milan, in its area lies the airport of Milan Linate, the lake ...
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Settala
Settala ( lmo, Settara ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,460 and an area of .All demographics and other statisti ...
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Settimo Milanese
Settimo Milanese (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Lombardy region of Italy. It is about west of the city centre of Milan.
The industrial district of Castelletto is home to Italtel and STMicroelectroni ...
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Trezzano sul Naviglio
Trezzano sul Naviglio ( lmo, label=Milanese, Trezzan sul Navili or simply ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan.
Trezzano sul Naviglio borders the mu ...
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Tribiano
Tribiano ( lmo, Tribian ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,512 and an area of .All demographics and other s ...
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Vanzago
Vanzago ( lmo, Vanzagh ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,615 and an area of .All demographics and other sta ...
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Vermezzo
Vermezzo ( lmo, Vermezz ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan.
Vermezzo borders the following municipalities: Albairate, Gaggiano, Abbiategrasso, Gud ...
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Vernate
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Vignate
Vignate ( lmo, Vignaa ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan.
Vignate borders the following municipalities: Cernusco sul Naviglio, Cassina de' Pecchi, Melzo, ...
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Vittuone
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Vizzolo Predabissi
Vizzolo Predabissi (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan.
Vizzolo Predabissi borders the following municipalities: Colturano, Dresano, Ca ...
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Zelo Surrigone
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Zibido San Giacomo
Zidibo San Giacomo ( lmo, Zibid ) is a town in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in th ...
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Parks in Milan
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