The best walks and hikes around Vizzolo Predabissi

The square in front of the castle is nice and you can have a good gelato or sweets there.

This monumental complex was born as a defensive bulwark. Towards the end of 1300, it lost its military function to become a manor house within the land purchased by the Brivios, nobles of Germanic origin whose wealth came from agricultural activities. The name of Rocca derives from the fact that originally the building was one of the defensive bulwarks erected along the Milan - Lodi road in the early Middle Ages, at the time of the wars that pitted the Municipality of Milan against the Municipality of Lodi. The current building was built in 1600 by the Brivio marquises on the ruins of the pre-existing castle. It was at the center of important war episodes, such as the Battle of Marignano in 1515 and in 1859, when on 8 June Napoleon III and Vittorio Emanuele II entered Milan victorious, defeating the Austrians. From an architectural point of view it is a baroque palace built with a rather elaborate scheme: the north-west part houses a noble chapel, rich in typically seventeenth-century stucco and gilding. The entrance has a large portal with a beautifully crafted wrought iron gate, the work of a craftsman from Melegnano from the 1700s, rich in scrolls and arabesques. Since 1996 it has been public property and hosts painting exhibitions, classical music concerts and conferences of national importance in its halls with frescoed ceilings and large fireplaces.

Sixteenth-century fortress immersed in the countryside between San Giuliano and Melegnano. It can be reached either by taking a pleasant dirt road through the fields or by a more comfortable asphalt road. It is not always open so don't be disappointed if the gate is closed

Rocca Brivio is a noble country palace, located near the Lambro river in the municipal area of San Giuliano Milanese. A castle had stood on the site of the fortress since the Middle Ages, placed in a dominant position to guard the road from Milan to Lodi. In the sixteenth century the castle became the property of the Brivio marquises; it was Luigi Brivio who had it demolished around 1680, building the palace in its definitive form on its foundations, which, although retaining the name of "fortress", lost all defensive functions.

Spectacular period residence on the edge of a beautiful singletrack

Very cold water, my favorite

Melegnano is very ancient, but today the part around the castle built by the Visconti is a small unsuspected oasis for the area. Since the sixteenth century the history of the city has been identified with that of its Fair which takes place on Easter Thursday, a pagan event resulting from the annual celebration of the sacred recurrence of the plenary indulgence granted on January 20, 1563 by Pope Pius IV through the issue of a special bubble.

Very beautiful church near Vizzolo Predabissi dating back to the 12th century. http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/architetture/schede/MI100-07843/