Parco della Lambretta, Urban park in Lambrate district, Milan, Italy
Parco della Lambretta is an urban green space in the Lambrate neighborhood, featuring open lawns, tree-lined walkways, and an artificial lake with a monumental fountain at its center. The grounds are connected by pedestrian and bicycle paths, with six children's playgrounds and two dedicated dog areas spread throughout.
Industrial activity on the site of the former Innocenti Maserati complex in Lambrate ended in 1993. In 1997 the Milan municipality held an ideas competition for an overall urban renewal plan (P.R.U. Rubattino), from which the park emerged as the nodal point of the system. Surviving factory buildings were reassigned as university premises and housing.
The park's name recalls the Lambretta scooters built by Innocenti at Lambrate, though the site itself belonged to the Innocenti Maserati industrial complex. The surviving factory buildings were converted into university offices and residences, so students now cross the same grounds where the plants once stood.
The park lies east-west across the Lambrate/Rubattino area, cut north-south by the Lambro river and the viaduct of the Parchi; the monumental fountain square and the lake sit under the viaduct. The viale dei platani links this core to via Riccardo Pitteri. Paths are shared by pedestrians and cyclists, and six playgrounds and two dog areas are distributed through the lawns.
The lake, covering 9,000 square metres, is raised above the Lambro river and lies beneath the Tangenziale ring road; its square and monumental fountain were designed by architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni. The park also holds over 56,000 square metres of lawns, and the surviving factory buildings have been converted into university premises and residences.
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