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Attractions in San Felice Circeo

The Acropolis, dating from the fourth century. Others C., is surrounded by walls of square blocks with two openings. On this and the Cyclopean walls surrounding ancient Roman city of the third century. Others C., which is grafted then, in the medieval walls of San Felice Circeo.


On Monte Circeo and the lake of Paola are discovered the remains of the Villa of Domitian, and the famous statue of Apollo in Kassel. Numerous works testify to the splendor of the ancient villas of the imperial era, as the aqueduct that would carry water from far Lepinis and tanks for storage. There are few traces in medieval times, also due to malaria in the area. It was probably only a military, later reinforced with defensive towers. Era remain only the thirteenth century Torre Knights Templars and another tower, Cervia, who served for control of the Saracen pirates, often present along these coasts. During the Renaissance, the country is held by the Caetani family, who built his baronial mansion, now the Town Hall, and strengthens the walls, including the sixteenth-century towers of Fico and Victory The Circeo National Park, established in 1934, currently has an area of about 8.500ha and includes areas characterized differently between them. La Selva Circe is the longest natural lowland forest present in Italy. Extends 3.300ha about keeping some of the peculiarities of the ancient forest, the Selva di Terracina, that prior to the remediation of the Thirties, covered over 11.000ha. The forest today is still a rich and highly diverse ecosystem. Characteristics, for example, are "swimming" wetlands that are formed spontaneously through the accumulation of rainwater and groundwater outcrop and "Lestre" areas where once the inhabitants built their precarious seasonal villages. In the forest there are three areas of Strict Nature Reserve: the pool of wetting, the pool of Dogfish and Lestra thigh. The whole forest is visited by a network of paths and pedestrian paths. Covering it in the space of a walk, meet plant species typical of continental areas, such as Cerro, Ash, Oak and the typical Mediterranean species such as the ilex, laurel, cork, pine, the Palm dwarf palms and eucalyptus. This forest is in fact a meeting point of plant species belonging to different climatic reality. The undergrowth is rich in species, many of which produce berries and small fruits, such as hawthorn, blackthorn, wild apple and pear, strawberry trees, heather, phillyrea, Holly, etc.. cyclamen and autumn. The presence of berries and fruits, combined with the protection offered by the dense vegetation, attracting numerous species of songbirds. Particularly rich is fine, during the season, presence of fungi, whose collection is regulated and controlled. Due to its characteristics, in 1977, the Forest Forest Circe was declared a biosphere reserve "under the MAB Programme (Man and Biosphere), sponsored by UNESCO. The only port of the island is Zannone dall'attracco natural launched. From here the island can be traveled only on foot, through a network of trails that help you achieve the most typical environments. In about 20 minutes to the care home near which lie the ruins of an old Benedictine monastery. Other important goals are: Lighthouse Caponegro and Monte Pellegrino, from which you can see the entire archipelago Ponziane (Ponza, Ventotene Palmarola, Boxing Day). This is an isolated mountain whose peak (Peak Circe) reaches 541 meters asl Promontory, particularly woodland, also has several caves accessible by sea and some of the ground. The caves are: the grotto of Circe, the grotto of Capri, the Guattari cave, which was found a skull of Neanderthal man. The cape is also an acropolis, with the remains of polygonal walls powerful, built with huge boulders wedged and without use of mortar, which seems to constitute the walls of ancient Cerceii. Along the coast are still present in many medieval towers, including the best known is Torre Paola. The towers were built to defend against attacks by Saracen pirates that raged in the area. The four coastal brackish lakes are separated from the sea by a narrow strip of coastal dunes. The lakes are home to various species of migratory birds, including ducks, coots, cormorants, herons, egrets and the rare flamingos, white storks, avocets and knights of Italy. With the expansion of the Roman Empire, the area surrounding the lake of Paola (opposite Sabaudia), saw the flowering of houses, cemeteries, houses, bridges, roads and walls. The patricians, fascinated by the beauty and tranquility of these places, we spent their holidays. The Emperor Domitian built a magnificent villa in 96 AD. In the area of the villa are a small theater, a gym, swimming pool and toilets collective. This is a 23 km long stretch of sand, rich in vegetation. Blooms in spring with lovely yellow and pink Silene of Corpobroto, Lotus and chamomile sea. In summer, the lush Mediterranean vegetation gives a variety of flavors: the strong smell of resin of pine and juniper, the gentle aroma of myrtle and the pungent smell

 


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