Park of Montagnola, Urban park in San Vitale district, Bologna, Italy.

The Park of Montagnola is a flat green space on an artificial plateau formed from debris of the 14th-century Castello di Galliera, whose ruins remain. At its centre lies a shallow oval pool built for the 1888 Emilia Exposition, holding three dark stone turtles and a thin pole, with a stone lion on a pedestal beside it. The Pincio staircase (1893–1896) by Tito Azzolini and Attilio Muggia leads up from the northwest, decorated with reliefs and statues on Bologna's history.

The park was first established in 1664 as a municipal green space for Bologna. Its current layout and design took shape around 1808 when architect Giovan Battista Martinetti redesigned it during the Napoleonic period.

Every Friday and Saturday, Piazza VIII Agosto and the park's internal street host La Piazzola, also called the Montagnola market. The name comes from the artificial plateau on which the park sits. The market is a regular meeting point for Bologna residents.

The Pincio staircase on the northwest side, built 1893–1896, is the main way up to the raised plateau; a second entrance faces Piazza VIII Agosto on Via Irnerio, beside Pasquale Rizzoli's 1903 war memorial. Paths follow Giovan Battista Martinetti's circular layout of 1808, so a loop brings you past the 1888 pool with Diego Sarti's animal sculptures. Expect crowds around the pool and Via Irnerio on Fridays and Saturdays, when the La Piazzola market fills the square and the internal street.

The park rests on an artificial plateau built from rubble of the 14th-century Galliera Castle, originally constructed as a papal residence. This hidden history lies literally beneath visitors' feet as they walk through the grounds.