What to do near Melzo, MI

Corneliano Bertario and the Borromeo Castle

An ancient Lombard village with courtyards, irrigation ditches and a castle

Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta and San Sigismondo

Dating back to the 11th century, it underwent massive restoration in the early 1900s. However, the ancient and curious friezes depicting a wide variety of creatures are preserved: birds, dragons, and even mermaids.

Church of San Colombano in Vaprio d'Adda

A forest of stone symbols that seems to leap out of a medieval bestiary

Visconti Castle of Trezzo sull'Adda

Fascinating ruins of the castle built in 1300 by Barnabò as a military fortress but also used as a summer residence for lords. The tower, dungeons and dungeons remain.

Taccani hydroelectric power plant

A power plant that is still in use but can be visited. Its eclectic architecture, between modernism and neo-Romanesque, is reflected in the Adda with the beauty of a royal palace reflected in the river

Rocca Brivio Sforza, San Giuliano Milanese

Fascinating 17th-century brick villa of sober Baroque style, rising on a slight isolated rise in the countryside. From the monumental gate there is a glimpse of the garden with an elegant loggia.

Parish church of San Martino in Palazzo Pignano

In the beautiful Romanesque parish church surrounded by cultivated fields, history is told by terracotta bricks and archaeological remains

Church of San Bernardino, a rediscovered masterpiece

Gothic and austere the exterior, splendid and Renaissance the interior

The Gothic frescoes of Viboldone Abbey

In a remnant of irrigated countryside in the Milanese hinterland, a 14th-century abbey holds splendid frescoes

Villa Barni, in Roncadello di Dovera

Beautiful and elegant villa of delight, built between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, surrounded by a romantic English-style park in which to get lost in search of hidden corners.

Caravaggio, the Gothic church of Saints Fermo and Rustico

Imposing Lombard Gothic church with a tall 16th-century bell tower and a soaring facade culminating in five pinnacles, decorated with hanging arches and a fine banded portal.