Parco delle Basiliche

Parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II, best known by its historic name Basilicas Park is a city park of , , located in . It owes its name to the fact that it connects two major basilicas, the and the .
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  • Opening hours:
    October—April: 6:30 AM—9:00 PM
    May—September: 6:30 AM—11:00 PM
  • Type: Park
  • Description: urban park in Milan
  • Also known as: “Basilicas Park”, “Parco delle basiliche”, “Parco Giovanni Paolo II”, “parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II”, and “Parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II ex Parco delle Basiliche”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Diocesan Museum of Milan and Portinari Chapel.

Museum
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The is an art museum in housing a permanent collection of sacred artworks, especially from and . Originally conceived by Ildefonso Schuster in 1931 as a vehicle to protect and promote the art collection of the… is situated 140 metres southwest of Parco delle Basiliche.

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The is a Renaissance chapel at the , , northern . Commenced in 1460 and completed in 1468, it was commissioned by Pigello Portinari as a private sepulchre and to house a silver shrine given by Archbishop Giovanni Visconti in 1340 containing the relic head of St. is situated 170 metres south of Parco delle Basiliche.

Church
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The Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio is a church in in northern Italy, which is in the Basilicas Park city park. It was for many years an important stop for pilgrims on their journey to or to the , because it was said to contain the tomb of the Three Magi or Three Kings. is situated 190 metres south of Parco delle Basiliche.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrobbio and Ticinese.

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is a quarter.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

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Southern Milan is chiefly a residential part of . While you can find a couple of old landmarks in here, there aren't as much of them as in the Centro Storico, and this part of the city is more "local" and "ordinary".

Parco delle Basiliche

Latitude
45.45562° or 45° 27′ 20″ north
Longitude
9.18216° or 9° 10′ 56″ east
Open location code
8FQFF54J+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 339540942
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q3895557
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Parco delle Basiliche” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Basilieken Park”
  • French: “Parque des basiliques”
  • German: “Basiliken Park”
  • Italian: “Parco delle basiliche”
  • Italian: “Parco delle Basiliche”
  • Italian: “Parco Giovanni Paolo II”
  • Italian: “parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II”
  • Italian: “Parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II”
  • Lombard: “Parch di Basileghe”
  • Macedonian: “Парк на базилики”
  • Ukrainian: “Parco delle Basiliche”
  • Ukrainian: “Парк Базиліки”
  • Urdu: “باسیلیکا پارک”
  • Western Panjabi: “باسیلیکا پارک”

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