"Il Prato" – city Park Arezzo, a favorite place for townspeople and tourists. The Park is located on top of a hill between the Cathedral and the Medici Fortress in the zone, having a huge archaeological value. It is known that in ancient times there was once a Forum of the Etruscans and the ancient Romans with temples and public buildings. The once extensive lowland separated the two hills on which settlements were located around the Cathedral and around the fortress. Between the 17th and the early 19th century this hollow among the hills was filled for the organization of a city Park, which the project had an oval shape that was characteristic of the Napoleonic style. Their present size "Il Prato", which translated from Italian, by the way, means "meadow", was reached in the first half of the 20th century. From the walls surrounding the Park, you can admire the breathtaking views of the city's buildings and lovely rural views of the surrounding valleys.

Officially, the Park "Il Prato" was opened in 1809, the year and immediately became a popular meeting place and a venue for exhibitions and festivals. In 1928, the year the Park was a monument to the great native of Arezzo – Italian poet Petrarch. The monument, consisting of a massive monument of white marble, was made by sculptor Alessandro Lazzerini from Carrara. Because it was made during the Nazi regime, in its appearance, you can find symbols of political propaganda of those years. The poet stands, and at his feet lay the wolf – the one that suckled Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome. On the right is visible a mother trying to protect her son from the civil war, and the man protecting the woman and calling for peace. On top of the monument is a bowl of water is a reference to the famous canzone poet ("Chiare, fresche e dolci acque"). And on the sides are visible allegory: the coronation of the poet symbolizes the triumph of Fame, the image of the virgin Mary is the triumph of the Lord, a small Cupid and a locket with a picture of Laura, beloved of Petrarch, - trium of Love and Chastity, and other elements allude to the triumph of Death.