Holiday apartment in Biassono: discover culture, history and motorsport

Biassono can be explored through specific themes: the Museo Civico “Carlo Verri”, sacred sites, traces of its Roman past, motorsport and cycling routes in Brianza offer different perspectives on the destination.

Holiday apartment in Biassono between museums and history

The Museo Civico “Carlo Verri” was founded in 1977 and is dedicated to the history and culture of Biassono and Brianza. The ethnographic section and thematic exhibitions are located on the ground floor.

The Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Martino Vescovo contains several furnishings from the 17th century and wooden statues. The veneration of Saint Martin of Tours in connection with this church has been documented since as early as the 13th century. The Santuario della Madonna della Brughiera was built in 1834 on the site of a former cemetery in memory of the victims of a cholera epidemic.

The remains of the Roman villa near Cascina Sant’Andrea include part of a wall, a cistern, a water conduit and fragments of a floor. In San Giorgio al Lambro, remnants of mill channels and watermills are still visible.

In the historic centre of Biassono, Villa Verri, with its original central section, was probably built as a country residence for the Verri family at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. At Ca’ dei Bossi, the building was reopened to the public in 2016; it also takes part in the annual “Ville aperte” event in Brianza. A large round-arched portal with regular rusticated masonry characterises Ca’ dei Bossi and provides access from outside.

Motorsport and special experiences

The Autodromo di Monza is open to visitors all year round, except during the Christmas holidays. The layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza can be viewed on a ride on the small train, which passes through chicanes, bends and straights. In addition, the Monza Circuit Experience offers various guided tours of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza by car and minibus.

The history of motorsport can be seen at the Muretto dei Campioni: it consists of ceramic objects bearing the autographs of prominent figures in motorsport, as well as the winners of the Gran Premio d’Italia in Formula 1 and the Gran Premio delle Nazioni in motorcycle racing. The first bend after the start-finish straight of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, previously known as “Curva Grande”, is now called “Curva Biassono”.

Cycling in Brianza

Route “106. Scoprire i parchi della Brianza in bicicletta” begins at Biassono railway station. On the route from Monza to Carate in Parco Valle Lambro, there is a steel bridge over the Lambro in the section between Lesmo and Biassono.

The Festa del Ringraziamento includes a procession through numerous streets of Biassono.

Other places: Vaprio Dʼadda, Ornago, Novegro-Tregarezzo, Desio, Novate Milanese, Castano Primo, Segrate, Cassinetta di Lugagnano.

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