Resistenza Park, Public park near Via Tabacchi, Milan, Italy

Resistenza Park is a green area in Milan's Zone 5 whose avenues follow the street grid of the former Villaggio Giardino Baravalle. Along Viale Tibaldi stand the civic centre with a library and decentralised municipal offices, plus a nursery school. The grounds hold a large playground with a small children's carousel, two basketball courts, a dog area, a Casa dell'acqua and a drinking fountain.

The land served as a cemetery from 1787 to 1895 before becoming a residential neighborhood called Villaggio Giardino Baravalle. In 1964 this neighborhood was demolished to make way for the park that opened in 1970.

Until 2013 the park was named after Carlo Baravalle, a Milanese educator and writer for whom the former garden-city district and a street were also named. The present name, Parco della Resistenza, was adopted when the green space was renamed, and the park's avenues still follow the layout of the demolished neighbourhood's streets.

The civic centre with its library and decentralised municipal offices, plus a nursery school, stands on the park's eastern edge along Viale Tibaldi. Inside are a large playground with a children's carousel, two basketball courts, a fenced dog area, a Casa dell'acqua water dispenser and a drinking fountain.

The pathway layout inside the park still traces the routes of the old streets from the former residential neighborhood. Walking through reveals this hidden layer of the area's previous life.