Villa Comunale Pietro Palumbo

Lined with pines, oaks and holm oaks, the Villa Comunale di Francavilla Fontana is a large, popular space extending over approximately fifteen thousand square meters. Named after Pietro Palumbo, a historian and mayor of the town in the early 1800s, the public park is the city's largest green lung.\n\nWith the typical geometries of an Italian garden, the park stretches between flowerbeds and pathways lined with various benches, welcoming people of all ages who love spending time outdoors and having fun in the playground, on the skating rink and in the bocce court, as well as in the theater. A treasure trove of history, the villa preserves stone busts of eminent personalities and the remains of a Messapian tomb.