Cascina Torrette di Trenno, Historic courtyard farmhouse in Trenno district, Milan, Italy

Cascina Torrette di Trenno is a courtyard farmhouse on via Quinto Cenni, between the Santa Barbara barracks and the ATM depot on via Novara. Its C-shaped plan, open to the south until a portico closed it in the early 1900s, places dwellings on the northwest side, stables and hayloft opposite, granary and stores to the northeast, with the aia in the centre. A 14th-century Madonna and Child fresco is visible just inside the via Cenni entrance.

First recorded as Torretta on Giovanni Battista Clarici's map, the site belonged to the Barnabite Fathers in the 18th century before Milan purchased it in 1938. It stands on the location of an ancient Roman milestone along the road that once led to Vercelli.

The farm's Milanese name is Cassina i Torrett, and the district still identifies with its rural past. Since 2015 MARE Culturale Urbano has run the site as a centre where artists, performers, architects, designers and local residents work together, mixing local customs with contemporary creative research.

The farmstead sits on via Quinto Cenni, between the Santa Barbara barracks and the ATM depot on via Novara, in Milan's western outskirts. The Cenni di Cambiamento project, begun in 2015, restored the historic courtyard and its buildings for cultural use. Access is through the courtyard entrance; the 14th-century Madonna and Child fresco is on the upper left wall just past the via Cenni gate.

The farm's fields once covered 350 pertiche, irrigated by roggie fed by the Fontanile Grande, whose large spring stood where via Caldera meets via Novara. In the 1960s, 35 to 40 people lived and worked here. The Ravagnati family ran the farm until 2011, after the Veneziani and, earlier, Benedictine monks.