#abruzzotrekking1962 #fidenetrekking #montagna #montagne #mountain #mountains #mount #roma #romacapitale #civitacastellanatrekking #civitacastellana #fidene #trek #trekking #shorts #short #reel #reels #bushcraft #abruzzotrekking #newyork #fernando #blera #barbaranoromano #goledelbiedano #parcoregionalemarturanum #necropolidisangiuliano #goledelbiedano According to archaeologists, no known Etruscan necropolis presents a variety and richness of sepulchral types like San Giuliano. Dating back to the 7th century BC, it stands on the sides of a tuff cliff occupied by a stable settlement already during the Bronze Age. But it was during the 6th century BC that the city of Marturanum reached its maximum splendor, favored by its naturally fortified position on the road that led from Cerveteri to Orvieto, until it became the outpost of the powerful Tarquinia towards Rome. From the Caiolo car park you reach the first visitable tombs, beautiful: the Tumulus of Caiolo and the so-called tombs of the Carts and the Beds. Then following the path that descends into the valley you gradually encounter the others, starting from the tombs called Palazzine, without failing to observe the solitary environment of the ditch that flows between ferns and under the treetops. A sign indicates the most monumental tomb, that of the Queen, with a ten-meter high façade, while the nearby tomb of the Deer has a singular bas-relief sculpture on a lateral staircase: it represents the fight between a deer and a wolf and was chosen by the park as the stylised logo of the protected area. A wooden bridge leads to the tuff rock of San Giuliano, where the small medieval church of the same name stands, also in tuff, beyond which you reach a panoramic point overlooking the valley below. The Marturanum regional park is a protected natural area located in northern Lazio, established with Regional Law no. 41 of 17 July 1984. It occupies an area of ​​1,240 hectares falling within the territory of the municipality of Barbarano Romano in the province of Viterbo. The territory was shaped by the Vicana volcanic activity, whose ignimbrite flows, about 155,000 years ago, deposited the typical 'red tuff with black scoria' on the pre-existing Flysch. The area is therefore characterized by large tuff valleys, covered with thick vegetation, where two main watercourses flow: the Biedano River and the Vesca River. As evidence of recent volcanism, there are also mineralized thermal springs, abundant in iron. In the ravines, along the course of the rivers, there are numerous mammals, including the fox, the wild boar, the badger, the porcupine, the wild cat, the European polecat, the coypu. The presence of water and the scarcity of human presence allow the survival of numerous amphibians, including the rare spectacled salamander. Among the birds are: the river nightingale, the little warbler, the European roller, the common kingfisher and the black stork. In the park also nest several species of nocturnal and diurnal birds of prey, among all we can mention: the lanner falcon, the short-toed eagle, the red kite, the common sparrowhawk, the kestrel and the peregrine falcon. In the central southern area of ​​the park, characterized by grazing meadows, you can often find animals raised in the wild, such as cows and Maremmana horses. The dense riparian forest characterizes the base of the gorge, humid and shady, where the black alder, the elm, the white and black poplars, different types of willow, as well as a dense arboreal and shrubby vegetation rich in ferns, such as the horsetail, dominate. Some species of helophytes, partially submerged plants, such as water hemp, water celery, the beccabunga and the water speedwell, draw life from the streams.