One Great Green Ring to Connect Them All…

For decades, Milan’s urban policies have focused on 🏙️ central towers and high‑end projects.

But no large‑scale territorial vision has emerged — one that could:

🌱 Redistribute nature across the metropolis

🏘️ Improve quality of life in first‑ring municipalities

🤝 Create new social and economic connections

📜 A legacy of rings

Milan’s story is made of concentric layers:

🏰 Medieval walls

🛡️ Spanish bastions

🚋 19th‑century boulevards

🚗 Ring roads & motorways

Now it’s time for a new ring:

The Great Ring of Milano —

🌳 12 km from the Duomo

📏 Avg. width 1.5 km

🛣️ Total length 75 km

🌱 A generative vision

This is not just a park — it’s:

🌳 Continuous reforestation

🚲 Cycling highways & green mobility

🏛️ Public pavilions for culture, food & events

💧 Nature‑based water management

The Ring will:

🌾 Regenerate agricultural land

🏃 Bring sport & leisure to the peripheries

🛍️ Boost local economies

👫 Connect communities

➡️ The Great Ring is Milan’s next chapter:

From a city that builds upward in its centre

→ to a metropolis that grows together in every direction.

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