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NATIONAL PARK OF CIRCEO
The National Park of Circeo is located along the southern coast of Lazio and extends for approximately 8500 Ha.
Called "Selva di Terracina", the park is covered by Mediterranean scrub and trees typical of marine areas, such as pines, oaks, cork oak.
It represents the largest natural lowland forest in Italy.
The forest today is still a rich ecosystem and extremely varied. Characteristics, for example, are the "swimming pools", the marshy areas, which are formed mainly to the accumulation of rainwater and surface water from groundwater.
Established in 1934, the National Park stretches for 80 km2 and in 1979 there was created a nature reserve known as "Pantani dell'Inferno".
There is the possibility to visit the park on foot or by bike, but there are preserves areas that can be accessed only with permission.
It is part of the park, since 1979, the uninhabited island of Zannone, which belongs to the group of Pontine islands.
Swamp Cerasella
Located in the heart of the forest is the ideal starting point for an excursion. It is an area which is equipped in this game are a compound with deer and wild boar. From here you can choose between different paths, all flat and not particularly challenging.
Coletti
It houses the Documentation Center on Education and the Work Health Education in Pontine Marshes.
The Visitors Center
It is a reception and orientation point to visit the park. Inside there is the Nature Museum
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TUSCIA
The Tuscia area is rich in historical towns and villages of Etruscan civilization. Some of these villages, as Gradoli, Marta, Montefisacone, Valentano, surrounding the largest of the Italian lakes of volcanic origin, Lake Bolsena.
Ronciglione, then, perched on a spur tufaceous, is a historic place particularly loved by the Romans: we recommend the visit of the Baroque Cathedral and the Castle Della Rovere.
The characteristic of this land was the great poverty, partly due to malaria of the.
The reclamation of the "twenty years' fascist and agrarian reforms changed the face of Tuscia, which has benefited from the mid-twentieth century, a discreet industrial development in the Province of Viterbo , and in the following decade, a major tourist growth.
The landscape is extremely varied between sea, Maremma, lakes and mountains Cimini.
Lake Bolsena
The lake is the largest crater basin of Italy, closed to the north by mountains Volsini. There two islands emerge, the Bisentina and the Martana. The surroundings of the lake, rich in fish, are covered with forests, vineyards and olive groves.
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AREA TIBURTINA
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In the Footsteps of the Etruscan
Latium, the cradle of Etruscan and Roman civilizations, retains vestiges of its history scattered throughout the country.
In the countryside, between the thick woods and on the seashore there solitary and majestic traces of an ancient past by the unique charm and unique, able to relive the excitement of the archaeologists who discovered for the first time these places.
In the Latium there are some of the most important Etruscan cities such as Cerveteri, Tarquinia, Vulci and Veio.
The Necropolis of Cerveteri and the painted tombs of Tarquinia, declared World Heritage by UNESCO, are famous throughout the world for their uniqueness and the contribution they have made to the knowledge of Etruscan civilization.
The Necropolis of Cerveteri is a real “city of the dead”, where the tombs reproduce the look of Etruscan homes, as well as fresh paintings of the tombs of Tarquinia reveal the richness and originality of the daily life of these people.
The area has hundreds of Etruscans and Romans archaeological sites, in a unique landscape.
Among the most important we remember the ancient Vulci, between Montalto di Castro and Canino, one of the most important Etruscan cities of the coast, in the heart of Maremma.
Vulci is especially known for the famous tomb Francois and the many Greek painted pottery found in its necropolis. One of the most evocative monuments is the Bridge of Rainbow in the river Fiora.
Between the Via Cassia and the Via Flaminia there is city of Veio in a park of great natural wealth that insinuates in the heart of Rome.
The Temple of Portonaccio is one of the most significant Etruscan monuments, in which was found the famous Apollo of Veio.
The naturalistic context so charming and contemporary the proximity to town make this place a true oasis of peace.
In the Footsteps of the Roman
The ancient Ostia was a Roman coastal city on the Tyrrhenian Sea, founded by Quiriti who wanted to have a natural passage to the sea. Now is about 2 km from the coast. It was the port of ancient Rome and perhaps its first colony.
Ostia Antica is from the center of Rome about 30 minutes. Along the Via del Mare or Via Cristoforo Colombo come to Ostia Antica, the ancient Roman city of imperial, whose name derives from the Latin "ostium" - mouth of the river.
Founded around the fourth century BC by King Anco Marzio, Ostia developed a thriving business but following the barbarian invasions and the subsequent slow silting of the Tiber, began its decay.
The excavations of Ostia Antica, which began in the early years of last century, noted the presence of Roman civilization for about 900 years.
The entrance is on Via delle Tombe where begins the main street: the Decumanus Maximus, which crosses the city.
Then we meet the Baths of Neptune where you can admire the famous mosaics of Neptune and Anfitrite, the Theater, built by Agrippa and the Forum, the center of the city. Here there are the main public buildings and worship: the Capitolium, the Temple of Rome and Augustus, the basilica and large baths Forum. On the square of the Forum, there is also the home of Diana and Termopolium, an ancient Roman bar.
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