Parco delle Cascine, Public park in Florence, Italy

Parco delle Cascine is an expansive green space stretching along the Arno River with open meadows, tree-lined paths, and wooded sections. Within the park stands the Palazzina Reale, an 18th-century building that currently serves different purposes.

The park was founded in the 16th century by the Medici family as a farming estate and was later transformed into a public green space. This shift happened in the early 19th century when the land's use fundamentally changed.

The name comes from "cascio", the old word for cheese: the Medici estate here held dairy cattle for butter and cheese. The Festa del Grillo, held at Ascension, long involved catching crickets in the meadows and selling them in small coloured cages. The amphitheatre was named in March 2015 after Florentine music journalist Ernesto de Pascale.

The park runs about 3.5 km along the right bank of the Arno, from Piazza Vittorio Veneto to the Ponte all'Indiano, and is never more than 640 m wide. Since 2010 the T1 tramway stops inside the park at Viale degli Olmi, linking it with Santa Maria Novella station and Scandicci. A visitor centre opened in August 2013 in the old stable building at Piazzale delle Cascine.

The grounds hold a notable collection of tree species, including old oaks, elms, and other varieties that have grown over decades. These older specimens shape the appearance of the space and show the long history of its planting.