Montreal's Little Italy (French, La Petite-Italie; Italian Piccola Italia) runs along Saint Lawrence Boulevard, between Saint-Zotique and Jean Talon Streets. It is located in the Montreal borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, at the southern end of Villeray and Jarry Park. It is one of the main centres of Montreal's Italian community, and is home to many fine Italian shops and restaurants, the Jean Talon market, as well as the Church of the Madonna della Difesa, built by Italian immigrants from the Campobasso area in Molise to commemorate the apparition of the Virgin Mary in La Difesa, an area of Campobasso.
