Piazza Unità d'Italia in Cernusco sul Naviglio is the historic and civic heart of the city, characterized by the historic Villa Greppi (home to the Town Hall) and the modern sculpture "Tuba Mirum" by Arman, a master of French Nouveau Réalisme, whose works are exhibited in Paris, Berlin, and New York. The square is part of the historic silk tradition, adorned with mulberry trees that recall the city's agricultural past. Originally a 19th-century Italian garden, the square has been redeveloped as a pedestrian zone, integrating river stones into the greenery, celebrating the connection between the city's historical past and contemporary city life. In 2002, an important project, overseen by the architects Vito Redaelli and Sophie Ambroise, redesigned the space, pedestrianizing it and restoring it to the public as a meeting place within the limited-traffic zone. The square's current design combines a raised green parterre (the Villa's garden) with paving made of white river stones. In the lawn in front of the cypress poplars, several sarcophagi stand. One of them bears the inscription "NON EST MORS SED MUTATIO STATUS," a reflection on death as a transition from one state to another.