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Parco Iqbal

Detail of LuglioBambino - photo by Sandro Bedessi

It has been carried out in 2000 in the ex Sporting municipal Centre in Via Veneto, in the centre of the town. This park is dedicated to Iqbal Masih, the Pakistan child who has become the symbol of the struggle against the exploitation of the juvenile work. The management of the park has been entrusted by the Comune to the Associazione Scarabeo.
The area is equipped with lots of games. In this area children are free and they can play, enjoy, take part in some activities; there are two play-areas: one of these has been realized in 2002 and it is reserved for small children. The park has a minigolf, a track with electric cars, a cycle track, where you can also hire cricket bikes, a skating-rink, ping pong tables and a bar. The association that manages the park, organizes periodically laboratories and didactic activities, including a course for the road education for boys and girls of the elementary schools, realized in collaboration with the Driving schools and the schools of the territory. During July Parco Iqbal houses LuglioBambino, the festival dedicated to the children's world, that proposes a month with performances with the presence of many Italian and International important companies, laboratories, animation.

Interested area: 1,7 hectares

 
 

Opening periods and times

From 1st June to 30th September the park is open every day from 9.00 a.m to 11.30 p.m
From 1st October to 31st May the park is open every day from 9.00 a.m to 7.00 p.m

 

How you can get to the park

The park is situated in the centre of the Comune, so you can get there from Via Vittorio Veneto, 68 and Via Mascagni by line 30 Ataf.

 
 

Pictures of the park

Parco Iqbal - photo by Sandro BedessiDetail of the play park - photo by Sandro Bedessi