Monuments
Marino> Marino
Name
The Barco

Construction's age
15th century

Location
via Ferentum

Visits
this is a public park always open

Accessibility
from via dei Laghi, cross via Maremmana, park car in L.go Z. Neuroni and walk till the gardens' entrance

Accessibility for Handicapped
accessibile with somebody's help

Tourist signs
with tourist information

Guidebooks
the library of the Pro Loco has a rich collection of guides and booklets on the town's monuments, P.zza Matteotti, 1- phone number 06 9385555)
The Barco
One of the vastest wood in this area and which once covered a larger surface, from the hills on the southern side of the town, between the Lake Albano and that of the Fajola, and towards the inner part of the Marino's territory.

The Barco, created in the 16th century as a game reserve from Marcantonio Colonna, and transformed by his son Cardinal Ascanio in a fun-fair thanks to the contribution of the architect Girolamo Rinaldi. The entrance's portal and the ruins on the square situated at a distance of 400 metres on the hill, belong to this phase. It is known that there were Roman ruins right in this area, where according to the legend there was a temple consecrated to the Ferentina Goddess (or Feronia). Probably this was the place were the meetings of the Latin League, referred by Dionigi di Alicarnasso and Livio, took place.

There is no more trace of the Roman ruins, of the fountains and of the decorative statues, that made the park resembling that of Bomarzo. However, it is possible to see the entrance's arch, ruins of niches and other arches, a tow-metre-tall statue representing a woman without its head, called ‘Cellone', placed near another statue representing a ‘Morforio' without its head. After the rivulet you will find a fountain with a niche and decorative elements representing some grottos.



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