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ITINERARY 10 parks THE REGIONAL PARK OF THE MONTI AURUNCI FROM THE BREATHTAKING CLIFFS of the regional parks of Gianola and Monte Orlando, the peregrine hawk attacks the exhausted migrating birds coming and going from Africa. A complex of calcareous mountains dropping into the sea surrounds the southern section of Lazio, the Ausoni and Aurunci mountains, that along with the Lepini precipitate into the sea with the beautiful cliffs of Sperlonga. When impenetrable forests covered this area it was the reign of bandits of all kinds: today we find a low bush area with shrubs, terebinth, broom and heather. Only on the cooler mountainside do we find a scrub of holm oak, manna-ash, field maple, cork-trees, hornbeam and durmast. In a landscape where Lazio meets Campania, the sunny, solitary, wild beauty of the Aurunci truly stands out. The regional park is very famous for its botanical complexity and has around two thousand registered species. From the woods of holm oak to the cliff vegetation, in the space of a few kilometers we go from beech woods to woods covered with orchids and saxifrages on the mountain ridges. The gentler cliffs are the home of authentic botanical rarities such as the Sternbergia lutea, the Euphorbia serrata and the Bupleurum rolii. The side facing the sea has typically Mediterranean woods, with holm oak and cork trees and beech further north. Above: panoramic view of the Monti Ausoni. the park in numbers National Park of the Monti Aurunci Management: Park Board Surface: 19,374 hectares - Instituted: 1997 Urban Park of Monte Orlando Management: Municipality of Gaeta Surface: 60 hectares - Instituted: 1986 Suburban Park of Gianola and Monte di Scauri Management: Consortium of the Municipalities of Formia and Minturno. Surface: 290 hectares - Instituted: 1987 FLORA The Mediterranean bush is the symbol of Nature that resists everything: wind, rain, fire. Mastic and strawberry trees, cistus, daphne, heather and all the other species, cover the green hills and mountains in every season. Above: Dafne Sericea. 60
the MONTI lepini, AUSONI and AURUNCI TYPICAL PRODUCTS Honey from the PONTINe plane FAUNA This is the reign of thrushes and blackbirds, starlings, and robins, Sardinian warblers and magpies, jays, along with owlets and barn owls. The peregrine hawk is the fastest bird of prey. When it dives it can reach 300 km an hour. There is no escape. Yet it is the only one in real danger, as it needs peaceful cliffs to nest in and finds safety only in parks. Mammals in the area include hedgehogs, foxes, weasels and dormice. Recognized as a “traditional product” of Lazio by the Ministry of Agriculture, the honey of the eucalyptus monoflora type is collected and manufactured in the Pontine Plane. Every year in occasion of summer blossoming, thousands of hives rush here, especially from the surrounding areas and the north. This particular type of honey is made thanks to the presence of the Eucalypttus camaldulensis, a tree planted in abundance in the Agro Romano and in the area of Latina in the last century by monks to favour the reclaiming of the marshy land. Intensely aromatic, not very sweet and with balsamic properties, it is the ingredient of a refreshing natural beverage made with water, eucalyptus honey and lemon juice. Above: peregrine hawk. 61
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