Giant's garden, Public park in Cento, Italy

Giant's Garden is a public park in Cento featuring ceramic mosaic sculptures, including a massive lizard, a walkable cage, and various oversized animal figures. The grounds offer pathways through these artistic installations and display different forms and colors at every turn.

The project was created between 2000 and 2006 by artist Marco Pellizzola, inspired by a story written by his daughter. This tale became the foundation for shaping the entire park with its distinctive figures.

The sculptures illustrate a fairy tale written by Marco Pellizzola's daughter, and their ceramic mosaics take after the benches of Antoni Gaudí's Park Güell in Barcelona. The figures stand in the Polesine landscape around Cento, and the 30-metre lizard, 10-metre cage, 11-metre leaf and 13-metre blackbird are meant to be seen as painted, bright forms within that setting.

The garden lies on via Ottorino Respighi in Cento, covering 1.3 hectares. The 30-metre lizard, the 10-metre-high cage, the 11-metre leaf and the 13-metre blackbird are spread across the grounds, so allow time to walk between them. The park was inaugurated on 20 May 2006.

A large blackbird and an enormous leaf stand among the ceramic creatures and catch the eye with their unusual forms. These two works differ greatly from the animal figures and give the park an unexpected artistic element.