Parco Uditore, Urban park in Palermo, Italy.
Parco Uditore is a public urban park in Palermo featuring separate zones for different activities and recreation. The space includes fitness areas, dog zones, and children's playgrounds spread across approximately 9 hectares.
The area occupied by the park was known in the 18th century as fondo Murano and later fondo Morello, reaching as far as today's piazza Noce before shrinking during the first half of the 20th century as Palermo expanded. In 2010 a popular initiative launched from a blog post by Giovanni Callea won a zoning change for a park; work began in January 2012 on designs by university students, and the park opened on 15 October 2012.
The park is twinned with St. James's Park in London since 18 February 2012, through the Italian Cultural Institute in London. The cooperative running it organises free events — mountain-bike rides, organic markets, activities for children and adults — to fund maintenance without public money, and private sponsors also support it.
The park lies between Via Uditore, Via Cimabue and Viale della Regione Siciliana. It has 1,700 metres of cycle and pedestrian paths, and a video surveillance system. A wifi network, public toilets and a playground for basketball, volleyball and bocce are planned.
The transformation from a military storage site to a recreation area involved students from local universities and volunteer help. Their contribution allowed the space to open to the public relatively quickly.
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