The best road cycling routes around Monticello Brianza

The Monticello fountain (located in Monticello Brianza, in the province of Lecco) is one of the most famous and frequented rest and water supply points for cyclists and walkers from all over Brianza and Lombardy.

The complex of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and the former Benedictine Monastery of Brugora is a Romanesque jewel from the 12th century located in Montesiro, a hamlet of Besana in Brianza (MB). Founded in 1102, it features a stone facade with valuable sculptures and houses a 16th-century Last Supper inside.

The Expiatory Chapel of Monza, an important memorial. It stands on the exact spot where the anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto I of Savoy on July 29, 1900. The monument was strongly desired by the widowed queen Margherita of Savoy and her son, the new king Vittorio Emanuele III. Designed by architect Giuseppe Sacconi (known author of the Vittoriano in Rome) and completed by his pupil Guido Cirilli, it was inaugurated on July 29, 1910. An imposing 35-meter-high stone structure from Oggiono dominates the complex, surmounted by an urn and alabaster crosses. At the base of the stele is the bronze sculptural group of the Pietà, created by the artist Ludovico Pogliaghi. Inside the base, a black marble marker indicates the exact position of the fatal attack.

The Natural History Museum is the oldest civic museum in Milan and is today the center of the activities of the Garden of Science, which includes two large educational laboratories - Paleolab and Biolab - and the Ulrico Hoepli Civic Planetarium. Founded in 1838 with the donation of the naturalistic collections of Giuseppe De Cristoforis and Giorgio Jan, it is the first Italian museum architecture, built between 1892 and 1907 to a design by architect Giovanni Ceruti and inspired by the great European natural history museums of the second half of the nineteenth century.

Porta Venezia, formerly called Porta Orientale (it was renamed in the 18th century, during Austrian rule) was one of the 8 toll barriers, but above all one of the triumphal entrances to Milan. Its toll houses, which separate corso Venezia from corso Buenos Aires, were built in 1828 by Rodolfo Vantini, an architect who won a competition to replace the two previous toll houses, which were considered too humble and remained unfinished. Vantini built two parallelepiped-shaped buildings, open on three sides with porticoes with Doric order columns; to adorn them, he included sculptures by artists. In the corners, he had Carrara marble statues placed. Looking closely, one notices that high up, on all facades, there are bas-reliefs with scenes from Milanese history.

Monza Park is one of the largest historic parks in Europe and the largest walled enclosure, with over 700 hectares of extension. Established in 1805 by Napoleon, it hosts the famous Royal Villa, the Royal Gardens, and the National Autodrome, offering nature, sport, and culture. It is accessible for free every day. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

The Monza park is always a spectacle in spring

The Ponte di Agliate is an important historical artifact located on the Lambro River, near Agliate, a hamlet of Carate Brianza (MB). The bridge is situated in a context of great historical and naturalistic value, in proximity to the famous Romanesque Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, within the Lambro Valley Regional Park.