A movement to honour Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman in the world to graduate from university, with a statue in Padua's Prato della Valle square has sparked a national debate in Italy about historical conservation and gender representation in monuments.
ROME Prato della Valle is the largest public square in Italy, with a canal lined with statues surrounding an artificial island where locals love to stroll or take in the sun on warmer days.
ROME Prato della Valle is the largest public square in Italy, with a canal lined with statues surrounding an artificial island where locals love to stroll or take in the sun on warmer days.