The long-lost statue by Italian sculptor Antonio Canova depicts Mary Magdalene in “a state of ecstasy.”Christie's A marble statue that sat in a garden for decades was identified as a long-lost ...

A third element the Italian garden does exceptionally well is ornamentation. These are the urns, statues, stone troughs and other focal points that function like decorations in a room.

AN ADVERT showing a picturesque landscaped garden was rejected by Facebook as “sexually explicit” – because of a glimpse of a naked statue.

While the Italian Culture Garden is nearing its 100-year anniversary, Italian immigrants have come to Cleveland since the 1800s. In the 1870 census, 35 Italians were counted in Cleveland.

Opera in the Italian Garden only started in 2008. Since then, the free Cultural Gardens concert has become one of the premier arts events of the summer.