A PROVINCE TO BE EXPLORED - Visita Milano

Central
Brianza
The interior and a detail of the caryatids in the Rotonda at Tregasio di Triuggio
Bosco Chignolo
The Bosco Chignolo (www.
boscochignolo.it) is a wood
that covers 12 ha on the
border with the Valle del
Lambro Park. It was planted
in the 1950s to provide
timber for paper, but it was
never felled and, as such,
it was purchased by the Triuggio
municipality in 1989.
Since then, the area has
been subject to environmental
regeneration that
has not only helped the
plants but has also involved
creating an educational
nature trail that follows
the theme of the
"Legend of Bard, Knight of
the Chignolo Wood", which
was written for this specifically
by Emilio Minelli and
is set in medieval Brianza
during the time of Queen
Theodolinda. As such, the
Chignolo wood is not only
an oasis for many animals,
especially birds, but also a
magic place linked to a
strange fable. It is a place
that can be enjoyed by
adults and children alike.
In the Tregasio district, located in the highest
part of Triuggio, the Rotonda is an interesting
example of late N eoclassical work (18 42).
The structure, with a circular layout and dome,
has some decorations from the s ame period in
which a series of caryatids symb olise Christian
virtues. The building was built by Ambrogio
Nava to be a funerary monument and was commissioned
by Federica d’Adda, widow of the architect
Luigi Cagnola. Nava originally worked
with Cagnola and later married the countess.
Next to this round building, you find the neo-
Gothic parish church of Ss. Gervaso e Protaso
(1922), the work of Monsignor Spirito Maria
Chiappetta. He also redid Villa Sacro Cuore
(in the Zuccone San Giovanni zone), whic h is
run by the priests of the Company of J esus and
is an unusual example of a religious villa that
spreads out horizontally, with five churches and
chapels inside.
In the P onte di Rancate district, in the
northern part of Triuggio, you find the Sanctuary
of S. Maria Assunta or Maria dei Miracoli, which
began as a rural c hapel in 15 07 (the devotional
image of Mary still survives). T he interior is
adorned with works by the Campi brothers and
by Bartolomeo R overio, known as Genovesino.
There are also rich Neoclassical decorations, with
paintings by Andrea Appiani and stuccowork by
Giocondo Albertolli (1785), who worked on V illa
Reale in Monza a few years later.
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