are citrus fruits in the Estensi courtyards and gardens proposes to celebrate the essence loved by the Estensi, and make the most of the courtyards and gardens of some of the most important renaissance buildings of Ferrara.
Corso Ercole I d'Este which connects the Castello Estense to the walls in a perfect straight line, could be considered the "symbol road" of Ferrara: designed and built by Biagio Rossetti, it establishes one of the supporting structures of the "Addizione Erculea", the first European example of modern urban planning, which redesigns the shape of the city, drawing the narrow spaces of the medieval areas near to the imposing horizontal views of renaissance architecture. The exhibition planned for April 2002 winds along this route - it is organised by the Garden Club of Ferrara. Starting at the roof garden of the Estense Castle, the guided tours take you through the most charming courtyards and gardens of the Corso. At each stage, there are examples of ornamental citrus fruits in vases, rare because of their species or shape, chosen from inside that old, authentic, living vegetable museum which is the private collection of Giorgio and Sergio Tintori di Pescia, suppliers of the beautiful orange trees that permanently adorn the hanging garden of the Estense castle.
Aside from rediscovering the hidden corners of the city, the visitor can expect to be overcome by delicate visual and olfactory sensations, reminiscent of ancient atmospheres that are still so present and alive in the buildings of Ferrara, in courtyards and gardens where the voices and the laughter of the women and men of the Estense court still seem to echo.

Garden Club Ferrara
Via Savonarola 6
44100 Ferrara
Tel. 3200428991
www.comune.fe.it/associa/garden
rinovullo@libero.it