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Cave di Baggio Park is on the western side of the city and extends over 334 acres. It is one of the first urban parks in the city, inaugurated in 2002, and located within the boundaries of the South Agricultural Park. Its name comes from the four quarries that used to provide gravel and sand in 1920 and were disposed of in the 1960s. The whole area was then neglected until 1976 when the project for a public park was devised. Water from the Ticino River was used to fill the quarries, but only Italia Nostra Association was eventually able to start the actual park construction work.
Inside the park, there are several different environments, including hay meadows, the marshland, the wetland, and the naturalistic area; there are also some rural structures like rural the Trii Baselloni, and some public spaces for gatherings, events, and instructional itineraries.

Many dead or fallen trees are not even removed today, according to the criteria of modern ecology, as they provide “niches” for the renewal of the ecosystem. The essential elements that characterize the park are the woods and shrub areas, which develop along the riverbed of ancient fountains and in the areas of the old quarries; an agricultural area is still active near the ancient Cascina Linterno farmhouse.
The main tree species include black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), maples , hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), European ash (Fraxinus excelsior), poplars, oaks (Quercus robur), white willow (Salix alba), and chestnut (Corylus avellana).

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