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parks
THE REGIONAL PARKS
OF THE TREJA VALLEY,
VEIO AND THE NATURE
RESERVE OF MONTERANO
A LAKE WITH AN ENDLESS HORIZON and Etruscan
cities lost among woods and gorges evoke the
unique and mysterious landscape of the Monti
Sabatini. The great lake of Bracciano and the
smaller uncontaminated one of Martignano occupy
a low depression (over 165 meters) resulting
from the filling in of a volcanic cone. These waters
are surrounded by a mosaic of fields and lovely historical
centres that make it one of the most charming
areas in southern Tuscia.
Not too far south lie the mysterious ancient cities of
Veio (Rome’s ancient rival) and Monterano, the
most beautiful lost city in Italy, with its cluster of
walls covered with ivy, churches, castles and an
extraordinary arched aqueduct. On this site, excursionists
are captivated by a sense of isolation, of the
effect of time on the works of man and by the way
nature takes over abandoned constructions.
Two regional parks and a nature reserve protect this
natural and cultural patrimony of Lazio.
Lake Martignano.
the park in numbers
Suburban Park of the Treja Valley
Management: Consortium of the Municipalities
of Mazzano Romano and Calcata
Surface: 1000 hectares - Instituted: 1982
Regional Nature Park of the Bracciano
and Martignano lake complex
Management: Regional Nature Park
Surface: 16,682 hectares - Instituted: 1999
Park of Veio
Management: Regional Board Park of Veio
Surface: 14, 984 hectares - Instituted: 1997
Nature Reserve of Monterano
Management: Municipality of Canale di Monterano
Surface: 1,084 hectares - Instituted: 1988
FLORA
Ferns and maidenhair cover the gorges
of the ditches and streams of the
park of Veio; the sunnier areas are
filled with woods of holm-oak and
durmast, Turkey oak and bay-oak.
Above: Veronica Chamaedrys.
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