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Town: MONTE PORZIO CATONE
It is the greatest of the baroque villas. Its wood consists of pine trees,
olive trees, cypresses, very old ilexes, and bushes of styrax
officinalis.
Area's Natural Characteristics
In this wood it is possible to see plants of ilexes and bushes
of styrax officinalis. This plant can have the size of a small
tree, reaching an height of 7-8 metres. The greatest plants
of this kind finds along the enclosure wall. The styrax officinalis,
a shrubby plant, has oval leaves and sweet-scented white flowers,
and it grows only in Lazio (Monti Lucretili and Castelli Romani)
and in Campania. Experts do not agree on its origin: probably
this plant comes from Balkans and from Aegeus and it was introduced
in Italy by the Romans as a decorative plant or probably it
is an heritage of more ancient ages. According to the Regional
Law 19/09/1974 it is protected and any action that could damage
it is strictly forbidden.
Place
The villa's entrance finds along the road that from Monte
Porzio Catone leads to Frascati, near the Barco Borghese.
Roads and Public Transports
By car: From the highway A1 Rome-Naples take the slip-road
Monte Porzio Catone following the road signs to Monte Porzio
Catone and Frascati.
By train: Line Rome-Frascati. There is a train starting
each hour from Rome. It will take you half an hour to reach
Frascati. For information on train timetable call the phone
number 848888088 or visit the web page www.fs-on-line.it.
Through a series of steps you will reach piazzale G. Marconi,
from where it is possible to reach the villa in ten-minute-time
by taking the COTRAL bus (Frascati-Rocca Priora). The bus stop
is in front of the Villa
By Bus: Rome-Rocca Priora. (Cotral bus service phone
number 800431784, phone number 067222153) from the underground
station ‘Anagnina' of the Linea A. It will take
you 30 minutes to reach the Bus stop in front of the villa.
Topic
Landscape, Botany
Visits
At present the villa is being restored thanks to the contribution
of the Second University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
For guided visits phone to the A.T.C.R., Via Sentiero del bosco,
2/c - 00046 Grottaferrata (RM), phone number 0694547046.
Tourist signs
only tourist information. Absence of explanatory board within
the garden.
Further Information
Web sites: www.castellionline.com, www.hurricane.it/castelliromani.
Books: Del Nero R., 1999. Frascati e le ville tuscolane:
storia, arte, natura, percorsi. Libreria Cavour Editrice,
Piazza San Pietro n.10-12, Frascati (RM).
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