Milan neighbourhoods
Gratosoglio
Public housing on the southern edge, where the city ends and the fields begin.
- Market
- Tue · Fri · 2 markets see below ↓
- Transport
- No metro; tram 3 (Gratosoglio terminus), buses 79, 95, 230
- District
- 5
What it's like
Gratosoglio lies on the far southern edge, beyond the Naviglio Pavese and the ring road, and was created as a large public-housing quarter in the late 1950s, on an old farming village of which the small Romanesque church of Santa Maria survives, one of the oldest in the Milan area.
The masterplan and the via Baroni towers were designed by the BBPR studio, the same architects as the Torre Velasca.
The quarter has lived through the problems typical of estates built in a hurry, and over the years it has been the subject of several regeneration schemes.
Gratosoglio's great advantage is the countryside within reach: to the east opens the Parco del Ticinello, a protected farming area with farmhouses and rice fields inside the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano, one of the most intact rural landscapes so close to the centre.
The market
Gratosoglio Nord
District 5 · Gratosoglio - Quartiere Missaglia - Quartiere Terrazze
Gratosoglio Sud
District 5 · Gratosoglio - Quartiere Missaglia - Quartiere Terrazze
See the area's markets in detail →
Covered markets
Green space and the outdoors
Dog areas
- vie Orlando - Feraboli · 806 m²
- via Costantino Baroni · 799 m²
- vie Gratosoglio - Feraboli · 427 m²
- vie Banfi G. - Calzolari - Largo Muzio · 445 m²
- vie Garelli - Stucchi - Selvanesco - Romeo · 2627 m²
- via Manduria · 517 m²
Playgrounds
- via Baroni n. 17 · 94 m²
- via Baroni n. 45 · 213 m²
- via Costantino Baroni · 203 m²
- vie Gratosoglio - Feraboli · 135 m²
- vie Orlando - Feraboli · 313 m²
- via Saponaro · 1810 m²
Where to eat and drink
Gratosoglio has a basic, neighbourhood food offer: bars, pizzerias, minimarkets and the kitchens of the communities living there. The farmhouses of the Parco del Ticinello sometimes run farm sales and seasonal fairs.
The quarter has two street markets: Gratosoglio Nord on Friday and Gratosoglio Sud on Tuesday.
Getting there
Gratosoglio has no metro: the main link is tram 3, which runs down from the Duomo along the Naviglio Pavese to the terminus in the quarter, plus buses 79 and 95.
An extension of the M2 to the south is under study. By car it is reached from the western ring road and via dei Missaglia.
No metro; tram 3 (Gratosoglio terminus), buses 79, 95, 230
Frequently asked questions
Who designed the Gratosoglio towers in Milan?
The quarter's masterplan and the via Baroni residential towers were designed by the BBPR studio in the late 1950s, the same architects as the Torre Velasca in the centre.
What is the Parco del Ticinello?
It is a protected farming area on the southern edge of Milan, between Gratosoglio and Vigentino, with farmhouses, fields and irrigation channels, part of the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano. It is one of the rural landscapes closest to the city centre.
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Data: City of Milan — weekly open-air markets (DS291), CC-BY. Reviewed .