Frontone Gardens, Historic garden in Borgo XX Giugno, Perugia, Italy.

Frontone Gardens is a historic garden in Perugia's Borgo XX Giugno district, next to the Basilica of San Pietro. Its planting is simple but valuable, with perennial and seasonal herbaceous plants and centuries-old holm oaks. The Arcadian Academy gave the gardens their current form in 1707.

From 1275 civic annals record a piazza del campo di battaglia here, used for the sassaiola stone-throwing game. Between 1414 and 1420 Braccio Fortebraccio had walls built around the site, used as a piazza d'arme for the military exercises of young men. By the late 15th century tournaments, palio races and festivals replaced combat games, and under Braccio Baglioni it was called piazza d'Amore. After Baglioni's death the Frontone lay abandoned until 1707, when the Accademia dell'Arcadia founded the Colonia augusta and gave the gardens their present form, with abbot Giacinto Vincioli presiding over the first session on 14 October 1707.

Six stone sculptures throughout the space represent painting, poetry, architecture, sculpture, theater, and music by artist Livia De Kuzmik. Visitors encounter these figures as they walk, each one celebrating a different form of artistic expression.

The garden is easily accessible with wide paths shaded by century-old oak trees and seasonal plantings. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended as the layout encourages leisurely exploration.

In medieval times the location hosted sassaiola, a recreational stone-throwing game that Perugia's citizens enjoyed playing together. This forgotten pastime reveals a playful chapter in the site's past before it became a garden.