A PROVINCE TO BE EXPLORED - Visita Milano

Brugherio
to the Ghirlanda family in Milan, members of which
sold it in 18 72 to the town of Brugherio, which
turned it into a school and municipal offices.
The hamlet of Moncucco features the 18th-century
Villa Bolognos Sormani Andreani . A round
1820, at the recommendation of Giocondo Albertolli,
Count Gianmario Andreani had some Renaissance
architectural structures of an oratory threatened with
demolition transported from Lugano and these are
now the c hapel of S. Lucio. A considerable undertaking
for the times, Alb ertolli completed the construction
with a pronaos and a f light of steps.
Villa Fiorita was founded in the 18th-century on
pre-existing outbuildings by Count Scotti and passed,
in 1778, to Gaspare Ghirlanda b efore later b eing
turned into a clinic for nervous disorders. The painter
Filippo De Pisis lived there, using the conservatory
annexed to the complex as his studio.
The Museo Galbiati is spread over three f loors
and conserves a collection of approximately 150 bicycles
dating from 1790 to 1950; a collection of 250
barrel organs and accordions; a collection of more
than 250 phonographs and gramophones; more than
10,000 records in a vast array of types; and 400 “mysterious
objects” and work tools.
The Mulino
di Occhiate
This structure is one of the
oldest in the province of
Milan and was built in or
around the year One thousand.
It is a cereal mill with
two wheels, one wood and
the other metal. It employs
water from the Molinara or
Mornera irrigation ditch,
generated by the Lambro
River and then returned to
it, which just touches the
Cologno Monzese area.
Today, it serves educational
purposes.
The Villa Fiorita Park
Villa Bolognos Sormani Andreani viewed from the garden
Monza and its province
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