What to do near Rognano, PV

The Visconti castle of Bereguardo

A large plain Visconti castle with a square plan, surrounded by a lower wall, intended as a winter residence and hunting lodge. Beautiful entrance from the drawbridge.

The pontoon bridge over the Ticino River, in Bereguardo

Bereguardo's is one of the few remaining barge bridges in Italy. It has been in existence since 1374, although the wooden boats were replaced in the early 1900s with concrete boats.

Palazzina Pusterla, Cascina Ca' Granda, Zibido San Giacomo

The Palazzina Pusterla is a rare and delightful example of a late 14th-century hunting lodge. It is leaning against an irrigation ditch in which the mill wheel fishes. Around it is a beautiful park, well and bakery.

Abbey of Morimondo

Imposing monastery and a delightful hamlet of farmsteads in the Ticino valley

Mirasole Abbey, an oasis of peace and silence

A fortified complex in the Milanese countryside chronicles the spirituality experienced by the monastic order of the Humiliati

Naviglio di Bereguardo

A slow journey through the Milanese countryside

The Visconti Castle of Abbiategrasso

Beautiful exposed brick castle surrounded by trees; it was first owned by the Visconti and then by the Sforza who gave it to their brides. In fact, some of the lords of Milan were born there.

The Abbey of Chiaravalle on the outskirts of Milan

A beautiful Cistercian monastery in a stretch of irrigated countryside that survived the onslaught of the city

The Gothic frescoes of Viboldone Abbey

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

Santa Maria Nuova, the Renaissance in Abbiategrasso.

Grandiose and elegant Renaissance basilica, built on an earlier Gothic church and preceded by a beautiful quadriporticus and a very tall pronaos. Rococo interior.

The charm of Piazza Ducale in Vigevano

One of the most beautiful Renaissance squares in Italy, enclosed on the east by the cathedral, on the south by the Sforza Ducal Palace, surrounded by arcades and dominated by Bramante's tower.