Boscoincittà, Urban park and green library in western Milan, Italy

Boscoincittà is a public park of about 110 hectares in western Milan, managed since 1974 by Italia Nostra. It contains woods, clearings, streams, a lake built between 1989 and 1992, and the 15th-century Cascina San Romano, which houses the park offices and a green library. The outer belt holds a nursery and 140 allotment gardens.

In 1974 the City of Milan granted Italia Nostra a nine-year concession on 35 hectares, not a donation of land. The organisation's Centro per la Forestazione Urbana began Italy's first urban reforestation project there, with schools, associations and volunteers. The concession was later renewed and enlarged to 50, 80 and finally 110 hectares, connecting the park to Parco delle Cave.

The local community plays an active role in maintaining gardens and green spaces throughout the park. This hands-on participation shapes how people experience and care for the land around them.

The park is open year-round and easy to walk through with open meadows and clear paths. If you plan to use picnic or barbecue areas, contact the park ahead of time since these facilities require advance arrangement.

The park's name means "wood in the city". Its 30,000 trees were donated by the State Forestry Agency and planted with schools, associations and volunteers, the participatory method behind Italy's first urban reforestation project, begun in 1974.