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Muzza運河（全長61km）は、アッダ川の支流であり、最近800周年を迎え、ヨーロッパで最も古いものの一つです。その名前は、数世紀にわたるわずかな変化を経て、紀元前90年にここに移住し、最初の干拓工事を開始したローマのMutia家の名前を今も偲ばせています。広大な運河からは小さな水路が分岐し、約1000キロメートルの総延長にわたって田園地帯に入り込み、主に農業用水として利用されています。周囲の田園地帯と農家の風景は印象的で、木々の列と開けた畑が交互に続いています。また、自然の観点からも非常に興味深く、多くの水鳥を引き寄せ、ルート沿いで観察することができます。

Naviglio della Martesanaは、当初Naviglio Piccoloとして知られており、ミラノとマルテザーナの自治体を通じてアッダ川の流れを結ぶミラノの運河の1つです。15世紀にフランチェスコ・スフォルツァによって命じられ、農地の灌漑に使用されましたが、ミラノとコモ湖、そしてアルプスとティチーノを結ぶという野心的なプロジェクトでもありました。Naviglio della Martesanaは、歴史と美しさに満ちた場所であり、すべての人々の遺産ですが、今日ではまだあまり知られておらず、保護されていません。運河沿いには、豊かな植物相、動物相、またはヴァプリオ・ダッダにあるルネサンス様式のヴィラ・メルツィ・デリルなどの多くの歴史的なヴィラといった景観と文化の美しさを鑑賞できる、かなり人気のあるサイクリングロードがあります。

Majestic, it appears at first glance to be undeniably original, lacking the essential features of Lombard castles: no battlements, a single tower, no bastions, no moat. This singular aesthetic appearance is nothing more than the result of a millennia-long history of renovations and abandonment!

In the center of town, on the right bank of the Martesana Canal, stands an imposing waterwheel (popularly known as a rudun) said to have been designed by Leonardo da Vinci himself. Despite appearances, the wheel is not a mill, but a noria. Its function, in fact, was never to grind grain or power machinery, but rather to lift water from the canal to channel it into an irrigation system.

nice flowing stretch, typically gravel, with wonderful views

Located in a quiet area, in the countryside, it has a small park equipped with tables and benches. There's also a fountain: refresh yourself, but be careful, as the water is not drinkable.

Very well preserved castle. Worth seeing.

Fortress, stately home, granary, farmhouse, monument. How many other buildings can boast of having survived the centuries, adapting to the passage of time? This is the story of the Visconti Castle of Pagazzano; indeed, different uses and needs make up its history. There are still those who remember how, as a child, they accompanied their grandfather to buy seeds inside the castle and even in its very rooms. Here, within its walls, the poet Petrarch stayed as a guest several times. And within its walls, a very young Francesco Bernardino Visconti, known to all as "the Unnamed," grew up, entrusted to his uncle, the archpriest Galeazzo Visconti, in 1595. Today, it hosts conferences, theater and music festivals, sculpture symposia, and educational workshops.