Where nature meets art, craft and design 31.07.2025
“Italia Giardino del Mondo: Where Nature Meets Art, Craft and Design” is all about. You can visit it at Villa Decius until the end of August.
Yes – and that’s exactly what the exhibition “Italia Giardino del Mondo: Where Nature Meets Art, Craft and Design” is all about. You can visit it at Villa Decius until the end of August.
This unique outdoor exhibition leads visitors through eight thematic stations – from drawing and water, through landscape, botany, art, and the social role of gardens, to knowledge – presenting Italian gardens as a mirror of aesthetic, cultural, and philosophical transformations.
The exhibition was initiated by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Cultural Institute. It features educational boards, photographs, and maps of Italian gardens, which for centuries have served as spaces of experimentation, dialogue, and artistic freedom.
"Unlike typical urban spaces, gardens offer original experiences and sensations within an innovative system of life and work, integrated with the arts. It is clear that contact with such architectural, artistic, landscape, hydrological, horticultural, and botanical spaces serves as a catalyst for the development of the social environment."
– Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
The exhibition is located under the arcades on the eastern (front) side of Villa Decius.
Free entry, available daily during the opening hours of the Villa's grounds.
We invite everyone who wishes to experience the beauty of Italian garden tradition – up close and in the inspiring surroundings of Kraków's greenery.
This unique outdoor exhibition leads visitors through eight thematic stations – from drawing and water, through landscape, botany, art, and the social role of gardens, to knowledge – presenting Italian gardens as a mirror of aesthetic, cultural, and philosophical transformations.
The exhibition was initiated by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Cultural Institute. It features educational boards, photographs, and maps of Italian gardens, which for centuries have served as spaces of experimentation, dialogue, and artistic freedom.
"Unlike typical urban spaces, gardens offer original experiences and sensations within an innovative system of life and work, integrated with the arts. It is clear that contact with such architectural, artistic, landscape, hydrological, horticultural, and botanical spaces serves as a catalyst for the development of the social environment."
– Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
The exhibition is located under the arcades on the eastern (front) side of Villa Decius.
Free entry, available daily during the opening hours of the Villa's grounds.
We invite everyone who wishes to experience the beauty of Italian garden tradition – up close and in the inspiring surroundings of Kraków's greenery.