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The "Villa" is one of the places that represent the city of Foggia. The entrance is characterized by a series of white columns. Inside there are several green areas, statues, benches and a playground for children.

Borgo Segezia is a hamlet of Foggia along the Strada Statale 90 of Puglia, about ten kilometers from the capital. It was designed in 1938 as part of a project to reclaim and colonize uncultivated lands. The village has an orthogonal plan with a central square dominated by the church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Fatima and the 40 meter high bell tower.

The arrival in Foggia is something exciting, you realize you have made a small dream come true.

North-east of Monte Cornacchia, on the slopes of Toppo Pescara, at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level, there is a small natural lake basin called Lago Pescara. The lake extends for about three hectares with a depth which, in the center of the lake, reaches even four meters. Without natural outlets, its waters are fed by sub-lacustrine springs and streams formed after the rainfall and after the snow melted. From the top of its position it dominates the surrounding plain, with its slow decline towards the sea, interrupted on the horizon by the fortified hill of Lucera, in the center of the tableland, and by the promontory of the Gargano which is also easy to see on the clearest days. The term "Pescara" of the lake is improper and derives, perhaps, from a transcription error on toponymic maps, as the locals gave it the name of "Peschiera", attributing to the lake a certain image of goodness for fishing. The climate of the area has a mild summer and a rather harsh winter with abundant snowfalls.

This city park in Foggia, which Carlo described very well and in detail above, is named after Karol Wojtyla, better known to many as "Pope John Paul II." He was born in Wadowice, Poland, in 1920 and, after the death of Pope John Paul I in 1978 - to almost everyone's complete surprise - was elected successor at the head of the Catholic Church. As a young man he experienced dictatorships under the Nazi injustice regime of German-occupied Poland and later under the communist rule. His support for freedom efforts, especially in Eastern Europe, and his part in the fall of the so-called "Iron Curtain" was correspondingly great and passionate during the time of the so-called "Cold War". Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) died in the Vatican in 2005 after a long illness.

In 1827 the works were completed and the result achieved: a majestic pronaos marks the main entrance, an iron gate encloses the entire garden, the elegant internal paths are articulated and divided according to a precise geometric design. The area of ​​the Boschetto, the Royal company of Capitanata establishes a botanical garden, which includes over 500 species of plants; a small Ionic-style temple was built to crown the Boschetto hill, inspired by the one in the Real Villa in Naples; an orchestra is built, a stable stage for orchestral performances; at the foot of the Boschetto an artificial lake is created, enriched by a small waterfall.

During the bombings of the Second World War in 1943, the Pronaos of the Villa, designed by the architect Luigi Oberty, with its 28 Gothic-style columns, was damaged to the point of having to rebuild it, backed a few meters from its original position.