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MIDDLE TIBER VALLEY

The landscape of the origins.

A virtual journey 3 million years long

A LANDSCAPE VIRTUAL MUSEUM

In the Virtual Museum of the Tiber Valley, the landscape is told through a journey 3 million years long, alternating holistic and detailed visions. In the holistic one, at territorial scale, the landscape is represented according to a diachronic approach, including present and past phases of life and putting in evidence processes and dynamic relations. The monographic visions, more detailed, deal with exemplar situations, useful to understand believes, behaviours, tangible and intangible values of social groups in specific ages.

Moreover the middle Tiber valley landscape is told through multiple perspectives and the convergence of geology, history and archaeology, ecology, paleobotany, poetry and literature, iconography and art, mythology and religion.

Physical, symbolic, emotional space constantly intersect together: from the geographical landscape to the interpreted, mapped and reconstructed one, until the definition of internalized and dreamed landscape.

The interconnection among all these levels let the “sense of place” emerge and thus the identity of the cultural landscape.

Soratte mountain seen from Stimigliano

Tevere-Farfa Natural Reserve, from Nazzano

Meander of the Tiber near Ponzano Romano

Fara in Sabina and Soratte mountain

The Tiber seen from Torrita Tiberina

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LANDSCAPE&PLACES

3D MAKING OF

3D RECONSTRUCTION

Casperia and Soratte mountain

Casperia historical village

Casperia village

Gate to Casperia village

Casperia

Fara in Sabina and, in background, Soratte mountain

Fara in Sabina

Roofs in Fara in Sabina

Fara in Sabina, square of the Cathedral

Rocci park in Fara in Sabina

Fara in Sabina historical village

Old Red Cross and Elci mountain ridge, from Fara in Sabina

Fara in Sabina historical village

Fara in Sabina

Filippo Rocci, Farmers family, 1911, Fara Sabina

F. Rocci, Forcina square (now Garibaldi), Fara in Sabina, 1920 ca.

Filippo Rocci, Promenade in Fara in Sabina, 1920 ca.

Filippo Rocci, Tour to Granica, 1924, Fara Sabina

Old Red Cross and Villa Maraini seen from Fara in Sabina

Villa Maraini, old preventorium for patients infected

with tuberculosis, Fara in Sabina

Carnival 1937, preventorium, Fara in Sabina

Farfa Abbey

Remains of Forum Novum Roman Municipium, Torri in Sabina

Santa Maria in Vescovio Romanesque church,

close to Forum Novum

Santa Maria in Vescovio, bell tower of the X-XI century AD

Santa Maria in Vescovio, interior with frescoes

of the XIII - XIV century

Santa Maria in Vescovio, interior with frescoes

of the XIII - XIV century

Santa Maria in Vescovio, interior with frescoes

of the XIII - XIV century

Ancient Roman Olei Portus on the Tiber, at Otricoli

Castelnuovo di Farfa

Castelnuovo di Farfa, Mompeo

and Terminillo mountain, from Fara in Sabina

Castelnuovo di Farfa, Mompeo

and Terminillo mountain, from Fara in Sabina

Elci mountain ridge, looking at the Tiber valley

Fara in Sabina with the ancient castle,

today a Monastery of Clarisse Eremite

From the Elci mountain ridge, looking at the Tiber valley,

in direction of Rome

Olive tree groves in Sabina,

in the background Fara and the Elci mountain ridge

Fara in Sabina, seen from the Acuziano mountain

The Elci mountain ridge

Toffia and the Elci mountain (left), from Fara in Sabina

Ancient Palombara

Palombara Sabina village

Ancient Palombara

Poggio Catino

Soratte mountain seen from Poggio Catino

Poggio Catino

Rocca Antica

Acuziano mountain and San Martino ruins, seen from Fara in Sabina

Acuziano mountain and San Martino ruins, from Fara in Sabina

in the backgrund Soratte mountain

Ruins of the unfinished abbey of San Martino (XII century AD)

Ruins of the unfinished abbey of San Martino, Acuziano mountain

Fara in Sabina,seen from the Acuziano mountain

Ruins of the unfinished abbey of San Martino

Sunset on the ruins of San Martino, from Fara in Sabina

Sunset on the unfinished abbey of San Martino

Sunset on the unfinished abbey of San Martino, from Fara

Ruins of the unfinished abbey of San Martino, from Fara

Sunset on the Soratte mountain, from Fara in Sabina

Stimigliano castle

Landscape from Stimigliano

Stimigliano village

Tiber valley and Soratte mountain, from Stimigliano

Stimigliano City Hall

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Pedo-landscape, in the area of interest

Pedo-landscape, on the right sandy soils

Pedo-landscape, on the left soils of volcanic origin

Eco-landscape map

Land evaluation for cereals and grassland

Accessibility of the Tiber along the valley

Map of the Tiber from the confluence of Nera to the mouth, 1744

Buffer for the 3D reconstruction of the potential ancient landacape

DEM textured with the colour map for the Orientalising period

Landscape 3D reconstruction in e-on Vue (terrain generator)

3D model of the terrain in the Orientalising period

Colour Map for the Roman period

3D reconstruction of a tipical Roman city

3D reconstruction of a tipical small Roman city

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3D reconstruction of the potential landscape in Augustan age

Possible reconstruction of Volusii's Villa and landscape in Augustan age

3D reconstruction of Lucus Feroniae in Tiberian age

3D reconstruction of a typical Roman farm, Augistan age

3D models of the main geological phases

3D reconstruction of a typical Castrum of the XII century AD

3D reconstruction of the potential landscape, Orientalising period

3D reconstruction of the potential landscape, Iron-Orientalising period

3D reconstruction of human activity in the Orientalising period

3D reconstruction of a typical boat in the Orientalising period

3D reconstruction of a typical boat in the Iron-Orientalising period

Typical rearing of grapevine in the Orientalising period

3D reconstruction of a typical huts village (Eretum), along the Tiber,

in the Iron - Orientalising period

3D reconstruction of a typical village, in the Iron-Orientalising period

3D reconstruction of a typical hut in the Iron period (hut of Cures)

A typical hut in the Iron period (hut of Cures)

(courtesy of STEP srl, Archaeological Mseum of Fara Sabina, CNR ISMA)

3D reconstruction of a typical hut in the Iron period (hut of Cures)

3D reconstruction of a typical built house in the Orientalising period

3D reconstruction of a typical village in the Iron period

3D reconstruction of a typical charriot in the Orientalising period

3D reconstruction of the Tiber valley "mindscape" today

3D reconstruction of the Tiber valley "mindscape" (videogame style)

3D reconstruction of the Tiber valley (compass and gun sight)

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MEDIA VALLE DEL TEVERE

Descrizione del territorio e del fiume

ITA - Pdf, 790 KB

DEM ATTUALE

Modello 3D del terreno attuale, ris. 10 e 20 mt

- Zip, 247,3 MB

METODOLOGIA RICOSTRUZIONE PAESAGGIO

Presentazione fasi di studio e trattamento dati. ITA - Pdf, 75,5 MB

DEM PRIMA DEL 1954

Modello 3D del terreno prima dell'autostrada e diga, per la ricostruzione paesaggio antico

- Zip, 346,8 MB

RELAZIONE VEGETAZIONALE

Redatta dalla Regione Lazio

ITA - Pdf, 13,3 MB

RICOSTRUZIONE PAESAGGIO PRE-ROMANO

Materiali studio interpretativo

ITA - Zip, 52,3 MB

NARRAZIONE GENESI

Testo filmato sull'evoluzione geologica

ITA - Pdf, 104 KB

RICOSTRUZIONE PAESAGGIO ROMANO

Materiali studio interpretativo

ITA - Zip, 41,4 MB

NARRATION THE ORIGIN OF THE CITIES

Testo filmato con ricostruzione del paesaggio nell' età del Ferro e Orientalizzante.

ENG - Pdf 206 KB

IL MEDIOEVO

Appunti studio interpretativo

ITA - Zip, 574 KB

NARRAZIONE L'ETA' ROMANA

Testo filmato con ricostruzione del paesaggio in età romana augustea.

ITA - Pdf, 73 KB

BIBLIOGRAFIA

Bibliografia generale

ITA - Zip, 1,4 MB

GIS

Dati GIS età preromana e romana

- Zip 46,5 MB

LUCUS FERONIAE

Here, once upon a time, everyone worshipped her. There was a sanctuary, and a sacred grove dedicated to her.

Later on the Romans of Augustus founded a new town.

Via Tiberina km 18,500 Capena

LUCUS FERONIAE

The site is located on the right bank of the Tiber, on a travertine platform at the 18th km of the Via Tiberina.

In the archaic age Lucus Feroniae was a very important marker in the territory for a famous sanctuary dedicated to the Italic Goddess Feronia, protecting harvest, fertility, health and freed slaves. At that time different populations, coming from a wide area all around, Falisci, Capenati, Etruschi, Sabini, Latini, converged to give honour to this Goddess, in her ‘lucus’ (originally a sacred wood, then evolving into a sanctuary), and occasionally a site for fairs, as this place was a very important emporium as well.

The ancient Roman authors refer to the life of this well-known and rich sanctuary before the Roman occupation and Hannibal’s sack in 211 BC.

In the late Republican Roman age it lost its previous status, turning into a simple farming town. It was transformed into a colony in Augustan times and a new monumental urban development took place there, under the patronage, of the Volusii Saturni family. One century later it was restored by Trajan and few new structures were built, among which the Thermal Baths in the Forum, in a place previously occupied by a third insula of shops.

In the third century AD depopulation began, until the final abandonment, in the sixth century. The city was used as a quarry for material to build the new town nearby castle of Scorano.

Lucus Feroniae, near Capena-Scorano

The archaeological site

Roman Basilica (left) and area of Feronia's sanctuary (right)

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SURVEY

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3D RECONSTRUCTION

Access to the Forum (150x40mt), from a side street

coming from the Amphitheatre

Workshop, on the ground the groove for the roller shutter closure

Podium of the Basilica, on the right the altar for civic worship

to Feronia

Steps from the Forum leading to the entrance of the Basilica

Entrance of the Basilica

The temple to the goddess Salus Frugifera overlooked the Basilica

Basilica

Augusteum in the Basilica, for the cult of the imperial family

Access road from the Basilica to the Forum

Two blocks of houses with shop, back room and patio

on the ground floor. The house is at the first floor

Basilica, in the background the workshops of the Forum

Podium of the Basilica, looking at the Forum

Workshops on the western side of the Forum;
the steps needed also as seats during public ceremonies

The original marble counters of the workshops, and the dolii

containing beverages and wine, are still well preserved

Workshops (tabernae), Sud-West in the Forum

Entrance of the thermal baths in the Forum, Trajan age

Thermal baths in the Forum, Trajan age

Mosaic pavement of the thermal baths in the Forum, Trajan age

Thermal baths in the Forum, Frigidarium

Thermal baths in the Forum, calidarium with suspensurae

Thermal baths in the Forum

Thermal baths along via Capenate

Amphitheater for gladiatorial games,

Julio-Claudian and Trajan age

Epigraphs and honorary bases dedicated to famous people

who financed public events

Epigraph and closing system of a gate to ban the carts

to access the Forum during the religious ceremonies

Lucus museum: statues of famous men

and altar for the civic cult of the goddess Feronia

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Plan of Lucus Feroniae with historical phases in evidence

Self-assembled drone (courtesy of C. Leggieri)

Drone equipped with Canon Digital IXUS 50 camera

Self-assembled drone for photographic survey

Photo from drone, workshop area, and Duoviri room

Photo from drone, Basilica area

Drone Swinglet Cam, Canon IXUS 220HS 12 Megapixel

Flight path on the territory of Lucus Feroniae

Images 3D orientation and calibration (Agisoft Photoscan)

Orthophoto, (Photoscan)

Orthophoto of the Amphitheatre (Photoscan)

3D model of the Amphitheatre, dense stereo matching

Drone DJI Phantom 2 vision with Full HD videocamera

3D acquisition with laser scanner Riegl LMS 390i

Archaeological map of Lucus Feroniae

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3D reconstruction of the Thermal bath in the Forum

3D reconstruction of the Thermal bath in the Forum, Trajan age

3D reconstruction of the Duoviri room, in the Forum, (3D Studio Max)

3D reconstruction of the Basilica, (3D Studio Max, VRay)

3D reconstruction of the Augusteum, in the Basilica

3D reconstruction of the Forum

3D reconstruction of a workshop (3D Studio Max, VRay)

3D reconstruction of the portico on the western side of the Forum

3D model of the altar dedicated to Feronia

(dense stereo matching, Meshlab)

3D reconstruction of the podium of the Basilica overlooking the Forum

3D reconstruction of the temple of Salus Frugifera, in the Basilica

3D reconstruction of the accesses to the Basilica and to the Forum

3D reconstruction of the portico on the western side of the Forum

3D reconstruction of the fountain on the eastern side of the Forum

Virtual set with real actors playing the role of ancient personages

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Lucus Feroniae in the final VR installation: display in on three screens

Real actors in the virtual Basilica, real time visualization (Unity 3D)

Real actor in the virtual environment, (Unity 3D)

Real actors in the virtual environment, Feronia appears to little Cesia

Real actors in the virtual environment, storytelling is episodic and interactive

The Forum seen from the podium of the Basilica (real-virtual)

The farmer asks for information to a local woman

Actors have been shot on a green screen with a cinema camera

The Forum in Tiberian age, with three blocks of shops

First block of workshops and road connecting Forum and Amphitheatre

Forum and podium of the Basilica,

real - virtual seen from the same point of view

The rendering (Unity 3D) wants to evoke rather than coldly describe

Workshop on the western side of the Forum, real - virtual

from the same point of view

Portico on the western side of the Forum, real - virtual

from the same point of view

Workshops; on the far lef the Dioviri room (Trajan age)

The shadows of the ancient characters anticipate

the narrative of the actors

Camera filters in Unity 3D give the grading and the rendering effects

3D reconstruction of a workshop, rendering in Unity 3D

Western portico of the Forum, (Unity 3D)

Shadows of the goddess Feronia and little Cesia, before actors appear

Side road accessing the Forum, Duoviri room on the right

Narrative episode in the Augusteum, in the Basilica

Thermal baths in the Forum, final rendering in Unitiy 3D

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LUCUS FERONIAE

Descrizione dei sito e del culto della dea.

ITA - Pdf 361 KB

PLANIMETRIA

Planimetria della fase repubblicana.

ITA - Zip 2 MB

LUCUS FERONIAE

Dal santuario ellenistico alla colonia romana.

ITA - Pdf 123 KB

ORTOFOTO

Ortofoto da drone con GSD 5cm.

ITA - Zip 14.8 MB

CITAZIONI

Citazioni letterarie da autori antichi e moderni.

ITA - Pdf 122 KB

ABITI ROMANI

Gli abiti nelle fonti iconografiche.

ITA - Pdf 303 KB

CITAZIONI

citazioni letterarie da autori antichi e moderni.

ENG - Pdf 81 KB

VITA DI UN LIBERTO

Vita di un liberto in età augustea.

ITA - Pdf 108 KB

PRESENTAZIONE DEL LAVORO

Dal rilievo alla ricostruzione e drammatizzazione.

ITA - Pdf 5.2 MB

PAPER CAA2015

Pietroni, Ferdani, Palombini, Forlani, Rufa.

ITA - Pdf 983 KB

SCENEGGIATURA

Sceneggiatura per l'applicazione museale.

ITA - Pdf 84 KB

PRESENTAZIONE CAA2015

Pietroni, Ferdani, Palombini, Forlani, Rufa.

ENG - Pdf 14,4 MB

SCENEGGIATURA

Sceneggiatura per l'applicazione museale.

ENG - Pdf 98 KB

BIBLIOGRAFIA

Bibliografia e confronti per ricostruzione

- Zip 23,2 MB

VILLA DEI VOLUSII

"She asked me what else I desired. I replied: to be lent a few days to Consul Lucio Volusio Saturnino, in his family, at his home".

Via Tiberina km 18,500 Capena

Volusii’s Villa, the most important roman villa of the area, is located near the ancient sanctuary of Lucus Feroniae, at around 30 km north from Rome.

The site was discovered in 1962 during the excavation for the building of the Autoroute A1 Milan-Naples and was seriously damaged before the authorities could stop its destruction. The archaeological area is accessible from Feronia Service Area of the highway, North of Rome, and from the archaeological site of Lucus Feroniae.

The first nucleus of the villa dates back to the Republican period, it belonged to the family of Egnazi, emerging family of Lucus Feroniae. Later on, Volusii Saturnini, one of the most important roman families, follower and faithful of Ottaviano Augusto, became owners of the villa,. The villa occupies the upper terrace and is divided into two sectors: the manor, to the east, where the owners resided, and the servile to the west. The residential part retains the previous republican core. Rooms are arranged around a small peristyle, all decorated with fine mosaics: the polychrome are dated to the late Republican age, while the black and white ones are of the first imperial age. Volusii’s estates aimed essentially at the production of cereals and livestock on a large scale, with a very large number of slaves. The proximity to the Tiber and the streets along the river guaranteed the ease transport and distribution to the urban market.

Volusii,'s Villa, vehicle accessible entrance

Republican mosaics, close to the Tablinum

Volusii's villa in 1960

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SURVEY

3D MAKING OF

3D RECONSTRUCTION

That Volusii is a typical example of the luxury villas

built between the late republican and early imperial phases

Residential area, rooms arranged around a small peristyle

Tablinum with mosaics of the early imperial age

Tablinum, in the background the entrance from the Highway Blue Point

The great peristyle area. Compared to its estimated maximum

extension, about a third of the rooms of the villa have been unearthed

To residential and recreational functions of otia, a pars rustica,

destined to rustic-productive activities, is associated

Service rooms overlooking the peristyle interpreted as

ergastula (for slaves cells) or nundinae (markets)

Residential area, polychrome mosaics of the Republican period

Residential area, small peristyle

Lararium with original mosaic

Production area overlooking the great peristyle

Residential area, small peristyle

Residential area, polychrome mosaic of the Republican period

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Survey with GPS

Survey with total laser station

Survey with time of flight laser scanner

Target used to allign the point clouds acquired by laser scanner

Survey with laser scanner and photogrammetry,

Tablinum and adjacent room

3D model obtained through photogrammetric techniques

(dense stereo matching, Agisoft Photoscan)

Point cloud to set the general topography of the site

Point cloud of the area around the small peristyle

Point cloud acquired through laser scanner

of a room adjacent to the tablinum

Point cloud of the tablinum and adjacent room

Point cloud of the tablinum area, railing

in the background marks the limit on the highway cutting

3D model of the tablinum , dense stereo matching techniques

(Agisoft Photoscan)

Plant of the archaeological site.

In light blue the cuts of roadways (1960s)

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Hierarchy of importance of rooms

distributed along the spatial axes of the small peristyle

Hierarchy of importance of rooms

distributed along the spatial axes of the small peristyle

Hierarchy of importance of rooms

distributed along the spatial axes of the small peristyle

Hierarchy of importance of rooms

distributed along the spatial axes of the small peristyle

In red the residential unit; in green the part for productive activities;

in yellow the service entrance; in light blue the large garden

Plant of the construction techniques

3D reconstruction of the general volumes of the Villa in Augustan age

Possible recostruction in Unity 3D of the tablinum in Augustan age.

The existing mosaic in black and white are probably of Hadrianic age

3D reconstruction, in Unity 3D, of the small peristyle,

before the lighting set up and camera filters

Possible recostruction in Unity 3D of the small peristyle in Augustan age

Possible recostruction of the tablinum in Augustan age.

Decoration is evocative, based on typological comparisons

Possible recostruction of the tablinum in Augustan age.

Decoration is evocative, based on typological comparisons

Possible recostruction of a room in the residential area,

mosaics are original, wall painting is evocative

Possible recostruction of a room overlooking the small peristyle,

mosaics are original, wall painting is evocative

Possible recostruction of a room overlooking the small peristyle,

mosaics are original, wall painting is evocative

Possible recostruction of rooms between the small and the great peristyles,

mosaics are original, wall painting is evocative

3D reconstruction of the small peristyle in Augustan age,

possible reuse of the old Republican peristyle

3D reconstruction of the small peristyle

3D reconstruction of the small peristyle, consisting

4 by 6 Tuscan columns plastered with faux marble

3D reconstruction of the great peristyle, probably connected

with the productive activities of the Villa

The vegetation has been created and edited in Unity 3D

The large southern garden, partly visible today

3D reconstruction of the small peristyle

Virtual restoration of a polychrome mosaic, still existing, of the Republican age

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Final rendering of small peristyle in Unity 3D with lighting set up,

light mapping, camera filters, skybox, atmospheric effects

3D portico along the west side of the great peristyle

The mosaic floor of Lararium, 3D rendering based on the actual texture

Final rendering in Unity 3D, with lighting set up and camera filters

Perspective axis from large to small peristyle, final rendering in Unity 3D

Perspective axis to small peristyle, final rendering in Unity 3D

Final rendering in Unity 3D of a room overlooking the small peristyle,

with still existing mosaics

Final rendering in Unity 3D of a room overlooking the small peristyle,

with still existing mosaics

Garden of the small peristyle, final rendering in Unity 3D

Room between the small and the large peristyles

final rendering in Unity 3D

Rooms between the small and the large peristyles

final rendering in Unity 3D

Example of decoration assumed on the basis of typological comparisons,

(coeval Roman villas of similar context)

Small peristyle, final rendering in Unity 3D

Small peristyle, final rendering in Unity 3D, overlaid

the actual view of the archaeological structures

Small peristyle, final rendering in Unity 3D, overlaid

the actual view of the archaeological structures

The mosaic of the Lararium that overlooks the large peristyle, (real-virtual)

Reconstructive plan of the Augustan age. The shaded portion

bottom right is hypothetical, since destroyed by the highway

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VILLA DEI VOLUSI

Descrizione dei sito.

ITA - Pdf 208 KB

RILIEVO TOPOGRAFICO

Rilievo planimetrico_GPS_Stazione_totale

- Zip 11.5 MB

IL RILIEVO

presentazione fasi del rilievo.

ITA - Pdf 3,6 MB

MODELLO 3D

scanner laser e fotogrammetria - area tablinum

- Zip 240,9 MB

RELAZIONE PER IPOTESI RICOSTRUTTIVA

Relazione di studio per la ricostruzione 3D della Villa dei Volusi, di Stefano Borghini.

ITA - Pdf 3,3 MB

ORTOFOTO

ortofoto_zona Tablinum_da_Photoscan

- Zip 512,2 MB

METODOLOGIA_RICOSTRUZIONE 3D

Presentazione del procedimento interpretativo e ricostruttivo, di S. Borghini e R. Carlani.

ITA - Pdf 3,4 MB

RICOSTRUZIONE 3D - COME ERA

rendering ricostruzione volumetrica

- Zip 9,2 MB

SCENEGGIATURA E NARRAZIONE

Sceneggiatura e testo Storia di Mena.

ITA - Pdf 139 KB

VITA DI UN LIBERTO

Vita di un liberto in età augustea

ITA - Pdf 108 KB

SCENEGGIATURA E NARRAZIONE

Sceneggiatura e testo Storia di Mena

ENG - Pdf 108 KB

BIBLIOGRAFIA

Bibliografia generale

- Zip 1,5 MB

TEVERE FARFA NATURAL RESERVE

Water, air, soil: suspended in perfect balance.

Dialogues of sounds and silences.

Via Tiberina km 28,100

TEVERE - FARFA NATURAL RESERVE

Between 1953 and 1955 ENEL built a dam on the Tiber River for the production of electricity, just downstream of the confluence with the river Farfa.

Following the realization of this dam, the water level lifted up, with the consequent flooding of surrounding lands. It formed thus a kind of "lake", extended for about 300 hectares, able to accommodate a large number of species of birds during their migration. The ecological importance of the Lake of Nazzano led in 1968 to the creation of a wildlife protected oasis, thanks to the agreement established between ENEL, the City of Nazzano and the Italian WWF. In 1979 the Lazio Region instituted the "Tevere-Farfa Nature Reserve", first regional protected area, including part of the territories of the municipalities of Nazzano and Torrita Tiberina. The Tiber flows slowly along this territory, forming large loops, in a beautiful natural, and extremely rich environment, that includes the swamp, the swamp forest, riparian forest, along with a large amount of animals. The birds are the main attraction for nature lovers, who can observe and photograph them in their different habitats, hiding in special wooden huts. Besides the many ducks, it is easy to see the great crested grebe, coots, kingfishers, herons and raptors such as the marsh harrier and osprey. It 'also nice to observe the changing seasons and the colors of dawn and sunset in this little paradise, suspended between earth, water and sky.

Tevere-Farfa natural reserve, from Nazzano

Tevere-Farfa natural reserve

http://www.juzaphoto.com/destinazioni.php?d=tevere_farfa&l=it

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BIRDS

Tevere-Farfa natural reserve

The rock face of Ripa Bianca is for the birds, the ideal place to take refuge

and nest

Meander of the Tiber at Ripa Bianca, between Nazzano and Torrita Tiberina

Lake of Nazzano, created upstream of the dam, populated by many birds

Hut for bird watching

The cattails, in the reeds near water

The agricultural landscape near the Tiber

The Tiber, in the reserve, is also a beautiful photographic subject

Meander of the Tiber and agricultural landscape

between Nazzano and Torrita Tiberina

Hut for bird watching

Hut for bird watching, with educational panels inside

The ferry with the winch in the "Porto" area

The ferns grow in wetlands, along the banks and ditches

The marsh

The fields

The path in the marsh is facilitated by walkways in wood

The agricultural landscape in the Tevere-Farfa Reserve, below Nazzano

The Reserve and, bottom left, the "Furnace"

The natural reserve seen from Torrita Tiberina

The electric boat for trips along the Tiber, in the natural reserve

Gruppo Canoe Roma meeting in the natural reserve, once a year

Gruppo Canoe Roma meeting in the natural reserve, once a year (October)

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Ricostruzione del castello9

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RISERVA TEVERE-FARFA, DESCRIZIONE

Presentazione naturalistica e storica dell'area

ITA - Pdf, 884 KB

STORIE BREVI

Di F. Vallecoccia. Lavoro di fine stage.

ITA - Zip, 965 KB

GUIDA NAZZANO - RISERVA

Guida ufficiale alla Riserva Naturale: ecologia, storia, archeologia, servizi e ricettività

ITA - Pdf, 5 MB

BIBLIOGRAFIA

Bibliografia generale

- Zip 1,4 MB

CARTA DEI SENTIERI

Sentieri a piedi o in bicicletta tra Poggio Mirteto scalo e la diga di Nazzano

ITA - Pdf, 1,2 MB

SORATTE MOUNTAIN

The jump in the light or in the shadows: the priests-wolves, the hermitages

and the underground citadel

MOUNT SORATTE

Mount Soratte and its natural reserve are located in the municipality of Sant'Oreste, about 45 km north of Rome. It stands alone in the Tiber Valley, of which it is the highest peak (691 m.).

Its isolation and its location make the Soratte a beautiful panoramic viewpoint.

It is composed of limestone and is deeply interested by the karst phenomenon: a series of impressive grottoes plunge into the heart of the mountain, from the immense well of Saint Lucia to the vertical chasms of Meri, of great speleological interest.

The oldest artifacts found here lead us to think that the Soratte was inhabited since prehistoric times.

Surely in pre-Roman times it was used as a place of worship by the Sabines, Capenati, Falisci and Etruscans .This vocation was passed on to the Romans, with the cult of Apollo Soranus and then to the beginning of Christianity, when many hermits took refuge here, looking for silence and meditation.

In the thirties a bunker was built in the bowels of the mountain, on the south slope: 4 km of tunnels which were to serve as a shelter for the supreme command of the army, in case of war.

During the Cold War, in 1967-72, the innermost part of it was turned into a fallout shelter.