Abstract: Parapet particularly for stairs, terraces and the like, including: a protection element having a lower extreme fixable to a walk support and an upper extreme which extends along a longitudinal direction; a handrail having a seat adapted to receive in insertion the upper extreme; at least one U-shaped fastening element and having: a spine adapted to be housed in the seat; and a compartment for housing an edge of the upper extreme. The fastening element has a length inferior to the length of the upper extreme and it is in polymeric material selected between Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene and an aliphatic polyamide; also it is dimensioned with respect to the seat and the edge to be coupled with an interference fit with at least one of the latter.