Villa Comunale Regina Margherita, Municipal park in Castellammare del Golfo, Italy
Villa Comunale Regina Margherita is a municipal park in Castellammare del Golfo with multiple terraced levels descending toward the waterfront. Stone staircases link the different levels and provide views of the harbor area.
The grounds belonged to the Crociferi Fathers from 1663 until 1870, when they transferred to public ownership following Italy's unification. This shift marked a transition from religious control to community use in the late 1800s.
The park is named after Margherita of Savoy, wife of Umberto I. Its centrepiece is the war memorial unveiled on 9 August 1925, sculpted by Leopoldo Messina; the bronze figures were melted down during the Second World War and remade between the late 1970s and early 1980s by architect Giuseppe Mercadante, funded by Castellammare emigrants in the United States.
The park has two entrances: the main one on Corso Bernardo Mattarella opposite Palazzo Crociferi, and a lower one in a small square near Cala Marina. Two staircases, via Discesa Marina and Via Don Luigi Sturzo, flank the terraces that step down toward the sea.
The bronze statues of the war memorial on the first terrace, inaugurated on 9 August 1925, were melted down for military use during the Second World War. They were remade between the late 1970s and early 1980s by architect Giuseppe Mercadante, with the help of Castellammare emigrants in the United States.
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