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PLIS

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Park of the Lower Olona River

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by Prisma-Amici del PLIS
translated by class 2AC Liceo Rebora, Rho

Table of contents:

.Foundation
.An eco-friendly wildlife corridor
.An intersection between water and history: The Serbelloni water spring and the "Cote d'Azur
.Villoresi Canal
.Engineer Villoresi, North West drainage canal
.Valve Csno, Collecting rainwater
.Black walnut and cherry tree woods
.Towards the river
.Water pollution
.Riale di Rho-Wetland
.Powerful millrage and island
.Watermill
.The parish mill-Mulino Prepositurale
.Possible border bridges
.Historical news
.Description of the Villa

Welcome to PLIS

Table of contents:

.Foundation
.An eco-friendly wildlife corridor
.An intersection between water and history: The Serbelloni water spring and the "Cote d'Azur
.Villoresi Canal
.Engineer Villoresi, North West drainage canal
.Valve Csno, Collecting rainwater
.Black walnut and cherry tree woods
.Towards the river
.Water pollution
.Riale di Rho-Wetland
.Powerful millrage and island
.Watermill
.The parish mill-Mulino Prepositurale
.Possible border bridges
.Historical news
.Description of the Villa

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Foundation


The Lower Olona River Park, also known as Plis (local and intermunicipal park) was founded in 2010 following an agreement signed by the municipalities of Rho -leading proponent,- Pregnana, Pogliano and Vanzago. 
Its territory extends for 270 hectares (400 football pitches equivalent to 4000 “pertiche milanesi” - an ancient unit of measure equivalent to 654.5179 square meters) along the course of the river. 
It is an area of ancient agrarian tradition, as shown by the presence of watermills and historic farmhouses (that the park will have to promote).
There are also modern farms that have recently been built in the Olona Valley agricultural district (DAVO) and that coexist with trading and industrial production sites, cities and towns, in a unique mixture of economic interests and visions of future development.

The four towns share the will to implement a project of environmental recovery and public use of the park and link it to the regional ecological and wildlife network.

Thanks to a careful planning and a shared effort it has obtained considerable funds (as Expo compensation funds and by the

Cariplo foundation) which have assured considerable and tangible improvements in territory.

Its perception as a public asset has to be increased and the consequent conscious participation of schools, associations and citizens.

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The four towns share the will to implement a project of environmental recovery and public use of the park and link it to the regional ecological and wildlife network.

Thanks to a careful planning and a shared effort it has obtained considerable funds (as Expo compensation funds and by the

Cariplo foundation) which have assured considerable and tangible improvements in territory.

Its perception as a public asset has to be increased and the consequent conscious participation of schools, associations and citizens.

picture: the park and the green grass
audio: wind blowing in the park

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An eco-friendly wildlife corridor

The park represents an important connection between nearby parks such as the WWF oasis in Vanzago, which is a park with a recognized European value, the regional parks of Ticino valley, Sacred Mount in Varese, Adda, Groane and south Milan. It is also connected to the so-called ecological regional network (RER - rete ecologica regionale) which establishes wildlife corridors along the banks of Lombardy’s great rivers and with the northern area of Milan, which is a densely populated territory with few small rivers such as Olona and Seveso. 
In fact, our Plis connects the two main green areas of our territory - Dorsale verde Nord Milano and Parco Milano Sud- respectively stretching in the northern, western and southern part of Milan.

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picture: a black goat and sheep
audio: bleating of sheep