Area: 4,200 m²
Year of creation: 1778
Designer: Luigi Canonica
Restoration: 1941, Technical Department Municipality of Milan
History and Architecture: The original garden, owned by Perego Cremnago family, extended to the Via Borgonuovo through annexation, which occurred at the end of '700, the gardens of the suppressed monastery of St. Erasmus and had a formal design with rectangular parterre and a central elliptical fish pond (designed by Luigi Canonica). Later it was converted into a garden "English" (as indicated by the same Canonica and realization of the head gardener Villoresi), sacrificing the fishpond, the neo-Gothic greenhouse of Canonica and creating some suggestive clearings. Since 1925 the issue of station-city center connection caused considerable readjustments in the town building structure that affected also the area of the gardens, which are only partially saved by the variation of De Finetti. In 1940 the City established an agreement with the Perego family for the sale of part of the garden to be allocated to the roadway and a public garden. All the original statues, except one, were owned by the Perego family and were moved.
architectural heritage and artifacts: statue of Vertumnus, the late eighteenth century by Grazioso Rusca, near to the play area.
Flora: among the main tree species maples (Acer campestre, A. platanoides and A. pseudoplatanus), Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum), hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), oak (Quercus robur), horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), lagestroemia ( Lagerstroemia indica), magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), yew (Taxus baccata).
FRUITION
Culture and Culture
• Trees protagonists: a specimen of hackberry (Celtis australis) of considerable size
Wellness and sport
• Play area: an area equipped game
• Running in the park: the driveway develops into rings, the largest circle is about 200 meters
• Bicycling is permitted limited along the route at speeds
Break and coffee
• Kiosks and bars: there are no fixed structures but occasionally mobile kiosks.
Utilities and Services
• Area dogs: there are no dedicated areas
• Security: it is a regularly scheduled surveillance service by the GEV
• Flooring: calcestre.
• Bike sharing: BikeMi station in Piazza S. Erasmo
Info and management
Time: Jan-Feb 7 to 19; March 7 to 20; April 7 to 21; May-September 7-22; October 7 to 21; November-December 7-19
Address: Via dei Giardini
Getting there: M3 metro line (Turati-Montenapoleone); by tram line 1, by bus with line 61
Sorry for translation, I used google translate :/