Piazza Italia Gardens Open In Carlton

THE contribution of Victoria's Italian community to the life of the state was recognised yesterday with the official opening of the $3.5 million Piazza Italia gardens in Argyle Place, on the corner of Lygon Street in Carlton. First proposed in December 1998 by then premier Jeff Kennett during a visit by then Italian president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, the Argyle Square redevelopment features traditional Italian hand-crafted porphyry paving surrounding a huge 45-square-metre solar clock.