TUTELA ARCHEOLOGICA E PROGETTAZIONEURBANISTICA A

MILANO NEL SECONDO DOPOGUERRA. DUE EPISODI LUNGO IL

PERCORSO DELLA ‘RACCHETTA’

Serena Pesenti

PolitecnicodiMilano,DipartimentodiArchitetturaeStudiUrbani(DAStU)

serena.pesenti@polimi.it

ABSTRACT

The contribution examines a specific case of intervention in the city centre of Milan after the

destruction caused by World War II: the building of a new road around the core of the city (named

‘Racchetta’), inside the circle of the ‘Navigli’ (a ring shaped water canal). By linking the east side

to the west side of the city, the traffic, which at that time was crossing over Duomo square, was

redirected and moved away from the center of town.

Only half of this ring-like road linking piazza San Babila to the Foro Bonaparte was accomplished,

specifically the part going from piazza S. Babila, by via Larga and via Albricci to Piazza Missori,

because of the evolution of the urbanistic planning in the city centre gradually brought to the

relinquishment of its completion in the part planned to lead from Piazza Missori to Corso Magenta.

This study particullarly intends to examine in which way was considered the question of the

protection of the archeological finds (roman walls, floor mosaics, etc.) discovered where bombing

had destroyed all the buildings, or in excavation works for the rebuilding of the city centre, in the

areas cut by the project of the ‘Racchetta’.

Parolechiave/Key-words: Milan,urbanarcheology,archeologicalprotection, ‘Racchetta’.