Gorgonzola
Parco Sola Cabiati
Ancient historic garden located in the Municipality of Gorgonzola
Parco Sola Cabiati is an ancient historic garden located in the Municipality of Gorgonzola, in the Milan hinterland. Its creation dates back to the 16th century, when Gabrio, a scion of the prestigious Serbelloni lineage, decided to build his country residence on some family properties. The complex was accompanied by a formal garden layout, enriched with statues and composed of a system of orthogonal avenues that formed a sort of large orderly chessboard, with a central circular roundabout. The park's appearance changed radically in 1808, when architect Simone Cantoni—a prominent and prestigious figure in Lombard territory—undertook its transformation into an English-style garden in line with the romantic fashion of the time. Characterized by a more informal appearance, the site incorporated typical elements of a natural woodland, alternated with artificial grottoes, small temples, and ruins. The regular and geometric forms were eliminated, and terrain undulations were created, including a lake with a landing dock and adjacent belvedere hillocks.
The Serbelloni lineage ended with Duke Gian Galeazzo, continuing through the female line until Antonietta Busca, who, by marrying Andrea Sola Cabiati, united the two families and enabled the property transfer between these important houses.
On June 7, 1967, Duke Gian Ludovico Sola Cabiati donated the park to the Municipality of Gorgonzola, which named it after him. Works immediately began to adapt it for public use, but the addition of a playground area and the construction of a small zoo clashed from the start with the site's historical identity, intended for contemplation and open-air leisure. Following an approach aimed at recovering the site's cultural value, a 1982 project philologically reconstructed several garden components.
In 2007, thanks to a new and more mature sensitivity, a comprehensive project was developed that, on one hand, connected the park to the tree-lined pedestrian avenue built in the 1980s along its eastern side, and on the other, proposed new solutions for the play areas with themed equipment, allowing the park to preserve its historical-cultural identity and vocations.
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Address: Via Montenero 30, 20064 Gorgonzola (Milano), Italia
Altitude: 0
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