Parco Pertini, Public park in Livorno, Italy

Parco Pertini is a public park in Livorno that stretches along Viale Carducci, offering walking paths, seating areas, and green spaces with diverse trees and plants. The park incorporates the former Pirelli factory area, integrated in the 1990s to create additional recreational spaces.

The park was designed and built by architect Pasquale Poccianti between 1830 and 1854 and was originally called Parterre. It was created near the Cisternone water reservoir and became one of the city's major urban development projects of that era.

Locals still call the park Parterre, the name it carried as a public garden; it was renamed after Sandro Pertini, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985. The garden was laid out as a symbol of bourgeois decorum in Livorno between the late 19th and early 20th century, and that formal, ordered character is what residents associate with the space today.

The park is easily accessible and provides plenty of seating for visitors who want to rest or enjoy the surroundings. Visitors should note that early hours offer a quieter experience for those who prefer less crowded conditions.

The column at the entrance once belonged to a fountain designed by Pasquale Poccianti around 1838 at the junction of Via Garibaldi and Via Galilei. It appears in an 1888 painting by Adolfo Belimbau, now in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna at Palazzo Pitti. The female figure on top is Hygieia, goddess of health and hygiene.