Piazza Garibaldi is Montecchio’s focal point: the Town Hall and the former Università Agraria building face the square; at its centre, the War Memorial (1929) preserves the community’s memory. Two plaques recall the vanished Church of the Carmine, demolished to widen the square; just above are the public gardens. Looking up toward the old walls, a niche shelters the statue of Saint Bernardino, the town’s patron.
Once Piazza del Prato, this open space outside the walls was reshaped between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1910 the community dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi the medallion still set on today’s Town Hall façade, giving the square its new name. In 1924 the Church of the Carmine was demolished to open the area; using its spolia, a fountain was built and later moved to Piazza della Concordia.
The War Memorial (by Angelo Biscarini) and the statue of Saint Bernardino in the wall niche hold together civic memory and popular devotion, shaping the square’s identity.are its name and reflects the bond with the values of the Italian Risorgimento.
You’re in Piazza Garibaldi: after viewing the War Memorial, the plaques of the former Church of the Carmine, the public gardens and the statue of Saint Bernardino, you can learn more here about the history of the former Church of the Carmine.
Stay in the square and click the button below. When you’re ready, continue to the Piazza della Concordia Fountain and then toward La Torre, the castle’s ancient gateway.
Umbro-Etruscan frontier land, land of contested castles, land of a landscape shaped by silent hamlets and rolling hills of olive, oak and chestnut trees.
Fondo Europeo Agricolo per lo Sviluppo Rurale: L’Europa investe nelle zone rurali
The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas
