Giardini di Villa Reale

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Giardino di Villa Reale is one of my friend's favourite routes to go from Via Pola to the centre of Milan.  If we walk to the town, we normally go to the direction of Gioia underground station, subsequently through the Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli and cross a street to reach the Giardini di Villa Reale and further to the town centre.  Here are snapshots of the Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli in winter 2010,


Giardino di Villa Reale is primarily for children as a sign at the entrance advises that access is reserved for children up to 12 years old accompanied by adults.  No worry, no one will put you to a prison if you visit it without a child.


The park is an enchanting place and an unexpected tranquil oasis in the centre of bustled Milan. There stands a neoclassical style 18-century residence by the Viennese architect Leopoldo Pollak for the wife of Count Lodovico Barbiano de Belgiojoso. Walking around you will see trees, stone-lined pathways flanking the lake and over wooden bridges, ducks and hillocks.  The varied and natural-looking landscape is typical of an English garden.


As the park's neighbour is Padiglione d'Arte contemporanea, an exhibition space for contemporary art, you will always find nice surprises such as I Sette Savi (the Seven Wise Men), art pieces of the exhibition at time when we passed by or paid to enter.






We visited the art museum in 2009 (free in the past). At time it showed art of different times.  But now it is dedicated to 19th century Italian art.  Perhaps, I should return and visit it another time.

 

Photos above were taken between 2009 and 2011.  My last visit to Milan and passing through the park is October 2016.  I appreciated its beauty in autumn, before the scenes turned to those of the gloomy winter. I hope you enjoy this very nice park and what it offers.  It you live in Milan, please don't take it for granted but appreciate it.  If you are a tourist, do pay a visit.  











Location: Giardino della Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte, Via Marina, 6, 20121 Milano, Italy

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