A large part of the architecture that delineate date back to the thirties.
San Babila Square is characterized by the presence of a fountain built in 1997 by Arch. Luigi Caccia Dominioni with a very articulated structure that symbolizes the richness of the waters of the earth of Lombardy, from the mountains that run through the great lakes to the Po Valley.
On one side of the square there is the Basilica of San Babila, which dates back to the last decades of the eleventh century, close to the historic city walls. According to tradition, the building was erected on the ruins of the "Concilium Sanctorum" ("Council of the saints"), primitive residence of the clergy missionary from the Eastern, built in the seventh century on the ruins of a pagan temple dedicated to the Sun God.
The Basilica of San Babila is inserted in the religious and secular history of Milan, are tied to it the civic movement of the free city and the religious of Patari. Close to the basilica , with the help of his Canons, the glorious "Five Days of Milan" began: from here the citizens moved towards the Government House for the establishment of the civic guard: The barricade of San Babila Square was one of the most active and near East Gate there was the first on which was hoisted the tricolor flag.