What to do near Paullo, MI

Rocca Brivio Sforza, San Giuliano Milanese

Fascinating 17th-century brick villa of sober Baroque style, rising on a slight isolated rise in the countryside. From the monumental gate there is a glimpse of the garden with an elegant loggia.

Corneliano Bertario and the Borromeo Castle

An ancient Lombard village with courtyards, irrigation ditches and a castle

The Gothic frescoes of Viboldone Abbey

In a remnant of irrigated countryside in the Milanese hinterland, a 14th-century abbey holds splendid frescoes

Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta and San Sigismondo

Dating back to the 11th century, it underwent massive restoration in the early 1900s. However, the ancient and curious friezes depicting a wide variety of creatures are preserved: birds, dragons, and even mermaids.

Villa Barni, in Roncadello di Dovera

Beautiful and elegant villa of delight, built between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, surrounded by a romantic English-style park in which to get lost in search of hidden corners.

The Abbey of Chiaravalle on the outskirts of Milan

A beautiful Cistercian monastery in a stretch of irrigated countryside that survived the onslaught of the city

Basilica of San Bassiano

A majestic building in the Lodi countryside, it is a hymn to Lombard Romanesque-Gothic

Parish church of San Martino in Palazzo Pignano

In the beautiful Romanesque parish church surrounded by cultivated fields, history is told by terracotta bricks and archaeological remains

Barni Palace

The beautiful, recently restored 17th-century palace can be visited and also hosts art exhibitions. There is a noble soul in its high frescoed ceilings, wide staircases and airy inner courtyards.

Lodi's Tortionata

A tender sister of the better-known sbrisolona, it is a Lodi almond dessert. Originating in the 1800s and handed down from father to son by the Tacchinardi family of pastry chefs, it is goodness at all hours!

Mirasole Abbey, an oasis of peace and silence

A fortified complex in the Milanese countryside chronicles the spirituality experienced by the monastic order of the Humiliati

St. Mary of the Passion

With its majestic size, it certainly does not go unnoticed, but few people even know it inside.