Eros by Ella & Pitr, Quadrivio di Campagna, Italy
Eros, asleep on the square
Ella & Pitr · URBAN AREA 2015 · Quadrivio di Campagna
Drone photo, 30 July 2015, posted by Ella & Pitr on Flickr; this copy via URBAN AREA
A giant painted across a whole market square to push the cars out. The cars came back, he was gone by 2018, and the square is now being turned into a park.
4 things to know
- He was there to clear the carsThe square held the Monday market and was a car park the rest of the week. Cars were banned on 27 July 2015, the day painting began, and by early August the ban had been declared permanent. Art Vibes
- Kids drew what came nextOn 1 August 2015 local children gathered on the painted square to draw what they wanted the space to become. Artribune
- No wings, no arrowsRacna Magazine noted that this Eros has no wings and no arrows, only a bowed head and gold rings. Racna Magazine
- Now it’s becoming a parkA €1.69 million neighbourhood park is being built on the square, about €0.9 million of it from Italy’s EU recovery plan (PNRR). By June 2026, 59% of the money had been spent. OpenPNRR
Where it was
- 📍
- Piazza Angeli della Strada, known locally as Piazza Mercato, in Quadrivio, Campagna (province of Salerno).
- 🛰️
- Satellite images: visible on 18 September 2015, gone by 21 October 2018, a building site on 7 April 2025 (Esri Wayback; dates from Esri’s imagery metadata).
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- Planned for the park: flower beds, a large fountain, small wooden bridges and rides for children (InfoCilento). A municipal nursery is being built right next to the square (Agenda Politica; OpenPNRR).
Sightings
- 201527 Jul
Painting starts
- 20151 Aug
Kids’ workshop
- 201518 Sep
Seen from space
- ✕Oct 2018
Gone, cars back
- 2025Apr
Building site
- 2026Jun
Park 59% paid
Every stamp links to the dated source.
On the record
Ella & Pitr – Eros, il gigante che riposa
“Dal 27 luglio, giorno in cui è stato interdetto il transito di auto e gli artisti hanno iniziato a dipingere le linee”
“From 27 July, the day cars were banned and the artists began painting the lines.”
Ella & Pitr a Salerno. Street art oversize per cittadini sognatori
“lo hanno battezzato Eros, con un eloquente sottotitolo: ‘Come smettere di succhiarsi i pollici’.”
“They named it Eros, with an eloquent subtitle: ‘How to stop sucking your thumbs’.”
Salerno, città di sognatori. Con la street art
“Disteso per tutta l’ampiezza dell’area – 3600 mq, 120 metri per 30 – Eros”
“Stretched across the whole area – 3,600 m², 120 metres by 30 – Eros…”
La street art di Ella & Pitr in Campania
“il gigante che riposa dallo scorso luglio in Piazza Angeli della Strada”
“the giant that has been resting in Piazza Angeli della Strada since last July”
Campagna, il Quadrivio si prepara ad accogliere il primo parco urbano
“aiuole verdeggianti, una grande fontana, ponticelli in legno, giostre per bambini”
“green flower beds, a large fountain, small wooden bridges, rides for children”: the plan for Quadrivio’s first park. OpenPNRR names the site: Piazza Mercato.
The facts
- Artist
- Ella & Pitr, French duo from Saint-Étienne Checked
- Title
- Eros, subtitled “Come smettere di succhiarsi i pollici” Checked
- Date
- Painted from 27 July 2015; finished by 30 July (the date stored in the drone photo files) Checked
- Place
- Piazza Angeli della Strada (Piazza Mercato), Quadrivio, Campagna Checked
- Size
- The whole square: about 120 × 30 m, 3,600 m² Checked
- Medium
- Paint on asphalt Reported
- Made for
- URBAN AREA open spaces, by the a.DNA collective Checked
- Status
- Gone: visible in September 2015, not in October 2018 Checked
Related
- On Street Art Utopia: Street Art by Ella&Pitr – In Quadrivio di Campagna, Italy (2015) and Let the World Wait (8 Photos) (2026).
- Same artists, same year: Wake Me Up When It’s Done, Stavanger, Norway.
- Same project: URBAN AREA also brought El Niño de las Pinturas, Luispak and Millo to Battipaglia, and Mr. Klevra to Campagna. UrbanLives
All sources (16)
Artists
- Ella & Pitr: “Quelques colosses”. Their own photos of Eros.
- Ella & Pitr on Flickr: six drone photos, “QUADRIVIO DI CAMPAGNA 07.2015”, posted 1 August 2015: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Press
- StreetArtNews: “Ella & Pitr in Campania, Italy”, 3 August 2015. Earliest article found.
- I Support Street Art: “ELLA & PITR transforming a square in Italy”, 6 August 2015. Start date, size, organizer, partners.
- Art Vibes: “Ella & Pitr – Eros, il gigante che riposa”, 9 August 2015. Market square, car ban, workshop. In Italian.
- Artribune (Helga Marsala): “Ella & Pitr a Salerno. Street art oversize per cittadini sognatori”, 11 August 2015. Title and subtitle, 3,600 m², permanent closure. In Italian.
- Sky Arte: “Salerno, città di sognatori. Con la street art”, 13 August 2015. In Italian.
- Racna Magazine (Silvia Scardapane): “La street art di Ella & Pitr in Campania”, 6 September 2015. In Italian.
Project background
- UrbanLives: “Aggiornamenti URBAN AREA, tra Salerno e Roma”, 27 April 2015. In Italian.
- Racna Magazine: “Urban Area – open spaces: Street art ed Educazione per crescere insieme”. About the a.DNA collective. In Italian.
The square today
- OpenPNRR (Openpolis): “Realizzazione parco urbano di prossimità in località Quadrivio – Lotto 1”. Public spending record: Piazza Mercato, €1.69 million in total, €898,640 of it from the PNRR; first recorded payments in Q4 2024. In Italian.
- InfoCilento: “Campagna, il Quadrivio si prepara ad accogliere il primo parco urbano”, 6 April 2023. In Italian.
- Agenda Politica: “Campagna. L’assessore Michele Cerrone da record: 23 progetti in 26 mesi”, 9 May 2023. The planned nursery next to Piazza Mercato. In Italian.
- OpenPNRR (Openpolis): “Costruzione di un edificio pubblico da destinare ad asilo nido”. The nursery on Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta, Quadrivio: €1.47 million, 55% spent by mid-2026. In Italian.
Maps and satellite images
- OpenStreetMap: Piazza Angeli della Strada.
- Esri World Imagery Wayback, DigitalGlobe/Maxar satellite images: 18 September 2015, 21 October 2018, 18 February 2024, 7 April 2025.
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