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If, per chance, you should one day be enjoying the splendid panorama from the Gianicolo’s belvedere and suddenly hear a loud cannon-shot, do not be alarmed…just check your watches because it will b
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The Vatican Gardens occupy about two thirds of the surface of the Vatican City and have been the Pope's resting and meditation place since 1279, when Pope Nicholas III moved the pa
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The “Giardino di Ninfa” re-opens to the public. From April to October guided tours are once more available to visit the gardens created by the Caetani family in th
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Along the Roman coast we can see the dune ecosystem, rarer and rarer along the coasts of the Italian peninsula.
We are in the Natural Reserve of the Roman Coast. The drainage, carried out about a century ago, gave back fertility to these fields, thus restoring their agricultural and pastoral use.
Lying between the Janiculum hill and the Tiber, with its 12 hectares of parkland and around 2,000 square metres of greenhouses, Rome’s botanic gardens are among the most important
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The small lake is part of the larger Central Park of the EUR, and was designed during the fascist period and built in the 60s; it is home to a vast quantity and variety of flora an
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The Parco degli Acquedotti is a public park that is part of the Appian Way Regional Park located in an area between the vias Appia and Tuscolano, defined by the via Lemonia, via de
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An integral part of the Park of the Appia Antica, it provides the its main entry. The Valley’s name derives from the most important estate located here, the Caffarelli Family’s.
In the fourteenth century, the Savelli Family built its castle on the Aventino Hill, thereby making its fortress impregnable.
The park gets its name from a well-preserved medieval tower, the Torre del Fiscale (XII-XIII A.D.).
At the end of the ‘70s some national and local associations decided to found the Park of the Roman Coast in order to safeguard and enhance biodiversity in this area, with the moral purpose of oppos
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The Municipal Rose Garden, one of Rome’s most romantic gardens of Rome, develops on the slopes of the Aventine, in front of the remains of the Palatine Hill, just above Ci
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The Shoals of Tor Paterno, located off the Roman coast between Ostia and Torvajanica, consist of a rock formation covered with animal and vegetable organisms that,
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The Presidential Estate of Castelporziano covers an area of about 59 square kilometers (5,892 hectares) and is 24 kilometers from the center of Rome.
The villa, known above all as the residence of the Savoys, who owned it from 1872 to 1878 and from 1904 to 1946, covers an area of about 180 hectares and also includes the remains of Antemnae, one
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The park of Villa Borghese occupies a vast area in the heart of the city.
Situata sulle alture del Monte Celio, la villa fu voluta dal duca Ciriaco Mattei, nel XVI secolo, che fece trasformare quella che era una vigna in un vero e proprio parco.
Residenza di campagna della famiglia Pamphilj, sotto il pontificato di Innocenzo X (1644-1655) assunse l’aspetto di una fastosa residenza nobiliare di campagna, ampliata poi nel 18
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Lungo la via Prenestina, su entrambi i lati della strada, si estende il "Parco dei Gordiani", che prende nome dalla famiglia imperiale del III sec. d.C.
Originariamente proprietà agricola della famiglia Pamphilj venne acquistata alla fine del Settecento dal banchiere Giovanni Torlonia che commissionò a Giuseppe Valadier il progetto di trasformazion
[...]Nel mese di novembre del 2015 è stato inaugurato a Roma l’Arboretum dell’Appia Antica di conifere esotiche, donato dal Prof.
L’azienda agricola Regina Viarum si estende su una superficie di quattro ettari nel cuore del Parco Archeologico dell’Appia Antica.
Realizzato nel 1998, il Bosco di Massimina si estende su una superficie di circa 80.000 mq, in una zona per anni sfruttata come cava per l'estrazione di ghiaia, nei pressi di Valle Galeria.
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La Casa del Parco della Riserva Naturale Regionale della Valle dei Casali è localizzata in un casale del seicento recentemente restaurato, è punto di riferimento per la conoscenza e la promozione d
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