Busto Garolfo: Church Art and Parco del Roccolo

Church Art and a Long-Established Local History

Busto Garolfo combines church art with a flat agricultural landscape, waterways and wooded areas. When planning a holiday apartment in Busto Garolfo, this allows for different focuses combining history, nature observation and cycle paths.

The Chiesa di San Remigio already existed in the 13th century and had the adjacent Ospedale dei Poveri. It contains a 16th-century Pietà and an Annunciation by Bartolomeo Vandone from 1654.

The Chiesa Parrocchiale dei Santi Salvatore e Margherita was built in the 16th century on the site of a church that had already existed in the 13th century. It contains a wooden choir stall created by Carlo Garavaglia in 1642; the church also preserves paintings by Giovanni Battista Crespi (il Cerano) and Carlo Naymiller.

The Oratorio della Madonna della Neve was founded in 1669, demolished in 1934 and rebuilt in a form similar to the original building. It contains a fresco removed from an earlier 16th-century chapel. Casa Battaglia is an 18th-century house-and-garden complex with late Baroque and Neoclassical elements.

Landscape and Nature in Parco del Roccolo

Parco del Roccolo, located in the vicinity of Busto Garolfo, is a flat agricultural landscape. It includes a well-preserved irrigation system that is still in use, consisting of ditches fed from the Villoresi Canal, as well as woodland, hedges and rows of trees. Several gravel pits and wetlands were created as a result of gravel and sand extraction. Numerous bird species live in the park, including the now-rare Eurasian sparrowhawk, hoopoe and woodpecker.

Footpaths and Cycle Route

The Bosco della Brughierezza in Parco del Roccolo can be reached by bicycle or on foot via a footpath near Via Casorezzo. The road is one block from the car park of Parco Falcone Borsellino. In Parco del Roccolo, the Ciclovia del Canale Villoresi runs for 7 km from Busto Garolfo, Via Inveruno, to Parabiago, Via Einaudi. It follows the service road along the canal, which is used by Consorzio Est Ticino Villoresi for management and maintenance. When using it by bicycle, its primary function must be taken into account: a maximum of 15 km/h; some sections have neither railings nor a paved surface.

If you are planning a holiday apartment in Busto Garolfo, you can make your preferred mix of church art, historic architectural forms, nature observation and cycling the basis for choosing the location. The 7-km route and the various cultural and landscape themes can be considered separately without homogenising the character of the individual places.

Further Destinations in the Area

In the vicinity of Busto Garolfo are the Villa Ottolini-Tovaglieri palace, Palazzo Cicogna, the Civico Busto Arsizio museum and Villa Visconti Borromeo Arese Litta. The parks Parco Pirandello, Parco Villa Visconti - Banfi and Parco Bassetti are also nearby.

For further orientation, you can also include Settimo Milanese, Binasco, Tribiano, Casone, Bollate, Cassinetta di Lugagnano, Bussero and Melegnano.

For the higher-level travel overview: Milan.