"Il Prato" - Arezzo city park, a favorite vacation spot of townspeople and tourists .  The park is located on a hilltop between the Cathedral and the Medici Fortress in the zone, which has a great archaeological importance .  It is known that in ancient times was located here Forum Etruscans and Romans to the temples and public buildings .  Once widely shared two lowland hill on which the settlements around the Cathedral and around the fortress .  Between the 17th and the beginning of the 19th century, the valley between the hills was covered for the organization of the city park, which was designed by an oval, which was typical for the style of the Napoleonic era .  His current size "Il Prato", which translated from the Italian by the way, means "meadow", reached in the first half of the 20th century .  From the walls surrounding the park, you can admire breathtaking views of the city buildings and lovely countryside surrounding valleys . 

Officially, the park "Il Prato" was opened in 1809 and immediately became a popular meeting place and a venue for exhibitions and festivals .  In 1928, the year in the middle of the park was a monument to the great native of Arezzo - Italian poet Petrarch .  The monument is a massive monument of white marble, it was made by the sculptor Alessandro Ladzerini Carrara .  Since it was made in the years of the fascist regime, in his appearance, you can find the symbols of the political propaganda of those years .  Therefore it is necessary, and at his feet lie the wolf - the one that nursed Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome .  To the right is visible a mother trying to protect her son from the Civil War, and the man protecting the woman and calls for peace .  At the top of the monument is a bowl of water - a reference to the famous poet Canzone («Chiare, fresche e dolci acque») .  And the sides are visible allegories: the coronation of the poet symbolizes the triumph of Fame, the image of the Virgin Mary - is the triumph of the Lord, and a small Cupid medallion with the image of Laura, Petrarch's beloved - triufm love and discipline, and other elements allude to the triumph of the Death .