Palermo's first public garden, from 1778. Goethe called it the most wonderful place in the world.
Distance
Area
Kalsa / Foro Italico
Visit
30 min
Entry
Free entry
The story
Designed in 1778 by Nicolò Palma, it was the city's first public garden, open to all citizens. The plan is geometric, with four avenues converging on a circular space holding the fountain with Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia's dodecahedral sundial. Sculptural groups stand in the exedrae, including Ignazio Marabitti's Genius of Palermo. Goethe visited it in 1787.