Pinocchio Park, Collodi, Tuscany
Pinocchio Park was opened in 1956, not as a customary theme park but as a journey through the fairytale. The mother of Carlo Lorenzini, a Collodi native, took the writer to spend part of his childhood here with his grandparents. For this reason he adopted the pseudonym Collodi, well-known in the entire world.
The Monumental Park celebrates the fairytale, in more than a hectare of Mediterranean scrubland, of which there are numerous aspects in collaboration with many artists who, have reconstructed the journey that follows the chapters of “The Adventures of Pinocchio”.
The monument “Pinocchio and the Fairy” by Emilio Greco, welcomes visitors and from there, directs you towards the “Mosaic Square” by Venturino Venturi, from where you proceed towards Toy Town.
Here, there are bronze and steel sculptures by Pietro Consagra and architectural works by Marco Zanuso, giving a unique experience to visitors. Then you come to the kidnapping scene of the fairytale, encountering the police, the know-all, the cat and the fox, the house of Fairy Turchina,
The big shark, Pinocchio etc…, in other words, you encounter the world of Pinocchio.
On the integral part of the Park, there is the restaurant Osteria del Gambero Rosso, opened in 1963, designed and carried-out by the architect Giovanni Michelucci.
From March to October, the Park also hosts shows, epoch tournaments, animation and teaching laboratories that take place inside the “Laboratory of Words and Figures” an area born from an idea by the architect Michelucci and was opened in 1987.
DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO PINOCCHIO PARK.
AUTOSTRADA A11 exit at Chiesina Uzzanese, follow road signs for Pescia, then Collodi.
AN ABSOULTE VISIT NOT TO MISS
The Butterfly House and Pinocchio Park
Pinocchio Park cannot be anywhere else but Collodi, where the antique village has been for more than a century, with its characteristic waterfall of houses that go from the top of the hill stopping behind Villa Garzoni with its 17th Century scenic Garden.
Pinocchi Park
Butterfly House Collodi
Villa Garzoni Garden
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