Parc Giovanni Palatucci, Urban park in Alessandrino district, Rome, Italy.
Parco Giovanni Palatucci is an urban park in Rome's Alessandrino district, inaugurated in 2003. It contains a section of the Acquedotto Alessandrino, whose brick arches stand near a playground, and a lawn crossed by paved paths with benches. A didactic trail with panels highlights botanical species and habitats such as elder, poplar, elm, plane, palm, pond, pinewood and the Roman countryside.
The park opened in 2003, inaugurated by police chief Gianni De Gennaro and Rome mayor Walter Veltroni, and was named after Giovanni Palatucci, a public security commissioner awarded the gold medal for civil merit for saving 5,000 Jews during World War II. A second Rome park, in La Giustiniana, was also named after him in 2004.
The park is named after Giovanni Palatucci, a public security commissioner awarded the gold medal for civil merit for saving 5,000 Jews during World War II. It was inaugurated in 2003 by police chief Gianni De Gennaro and mayor Walter Veltroni. A second Rome park, in La Giustiniana, was also named for him in 2004.
The park lies in the Alessandrino district, administered by Municipio Roma V, on Rome's eastern edge. A dark grey paved path crosses the lawn and splits near a light grey paved area, with a slatted wooden bench at its edge. The educational route is marked by panels that frame each habitat and explain what is being observed.
The park's educational trail was designed by the Ufficio Progetti Innovativi of the former VII Municipio. Its stops are named after plants and habitats: elderberry, poplar, elm, plane tree, palm, pond, aqueduct, pine grove and the Roman countryside. Panels frame the views with explanations of what is being observed.
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