Parco Massari, Ferrara, Italy - Municipal Parks and Plazas on Waymarking.com

The park takes its name from the adjoining palace, which was built at the end of the XVIth. century, and which has the biggest public gardens within the city walls, covering an area of about 4 hectares. Designed in 1780 by the Ferrara architect Luigi Bertelli for the Marquise Camillo Bevilacqua, this important garden was well-known for the many sculptures which adorned it, and the great variety of citrus fruit and flowering plants which perfumed its magnificent paths, and includes a little hill with a temple on the top.
The Counts Massari purchased the palace in the middle of the XIXth.century, altering the estate to form a park in the "English" style. Most of the trees are more than a century old: besides the two cedars of Lebanon at the entrance, there are some yews and an imposing ginkgo, as well as a gigantic oak near the entrance in Corso Ercole I d'Este. It has been the property of the City of Ferrara since 1936, who have had it converted into a public park.

Name: Parco Massari Street Location: Corso Porta Mare Local Municipality: Ferrara State/Province, etc.: Emilia-Romagna Country: Italy Web Site: [Web Link] Monuments/Statues: Giuseppe Verdi Fountains: yes Traditional Geocaches: GC18JG6 Memorial/Commemoration: Not listed Date Established: Not listed Picnic Facilities: Not listed Recreational Facilities: Not listed Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Not listed Special Events: Not listed

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