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Parco Piersanti Mattarella

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Parco Piersanti Mattarella, still affectionately known by many locals as Giardino Inglese, is one of Palermo’s most elegant urban green spaces, offering a refined blend of nature, history, and everyday life. Designed in the 19th century with inspiration from English landscape gardens, it features winding paths, gentle lawns, and shaded corners that create a peaceful retreat from the city’s lively rhythm. Tall palms, exotic plants, and mature trees form a lush canopy, while small ponds and sculptural elements add to the park’s romantic atmosphere. Renamed in honour of Piersanti Mattarella, the Sicilian president assassinated in 1980, the park also carries a strong civic meaning, symbolising the city’s commitment to memory and democratic values. Today it remains a favourite place for families, joggers, and students, a space where Palermo’s natural beauty and social life come together in a setting that feels both historic and timeless.

Palermo Italy

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Parco Piersanti Mattarella, formerly known as Giardino Inglese, lies along Viale della Libertà in Palermo's upscale Libertà-Politéama district, embracing both sides of this grand tree-lined boulevard in the heart of the modern city centre. This romantic 19th-century English-style park unfolds across six hectares of winding paths, exotic plants, ponds, and neoclassical statues amid rolling hills and lush woodlands. Nearby thrive the luxury shops and cafés of Via della Libertà, Teatro Politeama Garibaldi theatre, Villa Giulia gardens to the south, the Falcone memorial tree on Via Notarbartolo, and efficient tram connections to the historic core's Quattro Canti, Palermo Cathedral, and Arab-Norman landmarks.

Parco Piersanti Mattarella

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