Editing Milan (section)

=== Parks and gardens ===
[[File:Laghetto nel Parco Sempione con tartarughe, sullo sfondo il Castello Sforzesco.jpg|thumb|[[Parco Sempione|Sempione Park]]]]
[[File:Giardini pubblici Indro Montanelli.jpg|thumb|[[Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli|Montanelli Gardens]]]]
[[File:Brera Botanical Garden - 4.jpg|thumb|[[Orto Botanico di Brera]]]]
The largest parks in the central area of Milan are [[Parco Sempione|Sempione Park]], at the north-western edge, and [[Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli|Montanelli Gardens]], situated north-east of the city. English-style Sempione Park, built in 1890, contains the [[Arena Civica|Civic Arena]], the [[Civic Aquarium of Milan]] (which is the third oldest aquarium in [[Europe]]<ref>{{cite web |title=La nostra storia |url=http://www.acquariocivicomilano.eu/cms/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dcategory%26sectionid%3D35%26id%3D54%26Itemid%3D218 |accessdate=August 16, 2018 |trans-title=Our History |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120214520/http://www.acquariocivicomilano.eu/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=35&id=54&Itemid=218 |language=Italian |publisher=City of Milan |archivedate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>), a steel lattice panoramic tower, an art exhibition centre, a Japanese garden and a public library.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sempione Park|url=http://www.turismo.milano.it/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hzS0O_QGcLEwP_ICNTA08D_2APT1dHYwMDE_3g1Dz9gmxHRQCvgnB_/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=en/SITur/HOME/milanodintorni/parchigiardini/loc2197|access-date=13 June 2013|archive-date=10 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410230306/http://www.turismo.milano.it/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hzS0O_QGcLEwP_ICNTA08D_2APT1dHYwMDE_3g1Dz9gmxHRQCvgnB_/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=en%2FSITur%2FHOME%2Fmilanodintorni%2Fparchigiardini%2Floc2197|url-status=live}}</ref> The Montanelli gardens, created in the 18th century, hosts the [[Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano|Natural History Museum of Milan]] and a [[Planetario di Milano|planetarium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Indro Montanelli Gardens|url=http://www.turismo.milano.it/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hzS0O_QGcLEwP_ICNTA08D_2APT1dHYwMDE_3g1Dz9gmxHRQCvgnB_/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=en/situr/home/milanodintorni/parchigiardini/loc10|access-date=13 June 2013|archive-date=8 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508053103/http://www.turismo.milano.it/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hzS0O_QGcLEwP_ICNTA08D_2APT1dHYwMDE_3g1Dz9gmxHRQCvgnB_/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=en%2Fsitur%2Fhome%2Fmilanodintorni%2Fparchigiardini%2Floc10|url-status=live}}</ref> Slightly away from the city centre, heading east, Forlanini Park is characterised by a large pond and a few preserved shacks which remind of the area's agricultural past.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forlanini Park|url=http://www.turismo.milano.it/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hzS0O_QGcLEwP_ICNTA08D_2APT1dHYwMDE_3g1Dz9gmxHRQCvgnB_/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=en/situr/home/milanodintorni/parchigiardini/loc26|access-date=13 June 2013|archive-date=10 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410223819/http://www.turismo.milano.it/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hzS0O_QGcLEwP_ICNTA08D_2APT1dHYwMDE_3g1Dz9gmxHRQCvgnB_/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=en%2Fsitur%2Fhome%2Fmilanodintorni%2Fparchigiardini%2Floc26|url-status=live}}</ref> In recent years Milan's authorities pledged to develop its green areas: they planned to create twenty new urban parks and extend the already existing ones, and announced plans to plant three million trees by 2030.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024|reason=This was previously supported by a generally unreliable source}}

Also notable is [[Monte Stella (Milan)|Monte Stella]] ("Starmount"), also informally called Montagnetta di San Siro ("Little mountain of San Siro"), an artificial hill and surrounding city park in Milan. The hill was created using the debris from the buildings that were bombed during [[World War II]], as well as from the last remnants of the [[Walls of Milan|Spanish walls]] of the city, demolished in the mid 20th century. Even at only {{convert|25|m|abbr=on}} height, the hill provides a panoramic view of the city and hinterland, and in a clear day, the Alps and Apennines can be distinguished from atop. A notable area of the park is called "Giardino dei Giusti" (Garden of the Just), which is a memorial to distinguished opponents of genocide and crimes against humanity; each tree in the garden is dedicated to one such person. Notable people who have been dedicated a tree in the Giardino dei Giusti include [[Moshe Bejski]], [[Andrej Sakharov]], [[Svetlana Broz]], and [[Pietro Kuciukian]].

The [[Orto Botanico di Brera]] a [[botanical garden]] located behind [[Palazzo Brera]] at Via Brera 28 in the center of Milan, is another major park in the city. The garden consists primarily of rectangular flower-beds, trimmed in brick, with elliptical ponds from the 18th century, and specula and [[greenhouse]] from the 19th century (now used by the Academy of Fine Arts). It contains one of the oldest ''[[Ginkgo biloba]]'' trees in Europe, as well as mature specimens of ''[[Firmiana platanifolia]]'', ''[[Juglans nigra]]'', ''[[Pterocarya fraxinifolia]]'', and ''[[Tilia]]''.

In addition, even though Milan is located in one of the most urbanised regions of Italy, it is surrounded by a belt of green areas and features numerous gardens even in its very centre. The farmlands and woodlands north (Parco Nord Milano since 1975) and south ([[Parco Agricolo Sud Milano]] since 1990) of the urban area have been protected as regional parks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://parconord.milano.it/scopri-il-parco/la-storia-del-parco/|title=La storia del Parco|date=18 October 2019 |access-date=29 October 2023|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cittametropolitana.mi.it/parco_agricolo_sud_milano/#:~:text=Il%20Parco%20Agricolo%20Sud%20Milano,un%20totale%20di%2047.000%20ettari.|title=Parco Agricolo Sud Milano|access-date=29 October 2023|language=it}}</ref> West of the city, the Parco delle Cave (Sand pit park) has been established on a neglected site where gravel and sand used to be extracted, featuring artificial lakes and woods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parcodellecave.it/index.php/informazioni-mainmenu/informazioni-parco/storia-del-parco|title=Parco delle Cave|access-date=29 October 2023|language=it}}</ref>