The Parco regionale naturale Marturanum (Marturanum Regional Nature Park) covers a hilly area of about 1,240 hectares between the mountains of Tolfa and the reliefs surrounding lake Vico in the territory of Barbarano Romano, in Tuscia. Two main water courses flow through the park: the streams Vesca and del Biedano. The latter has, over time, carved a very deep valley in an area of volcanic origin created by the activity of the now inactive Vico crater. The presence of numerous streams on the tuff rock plains and in the wooded clay hills has led to the creation of deep gullies over the centuries, typical of the landscape in northern Lazio.
Nicknamed the Park of the Etruscans, the park conserves multiple archaeological traces linked to their history and that of other local populations, perfectly set in the natural landscape. Many rock tombs and necropolises have been found here, including that of San Giuliano. A bas relief carved into the tuff wall of a tomb in this necropolis provided the park’s symbol: a wolf attacking a deer. Memories of a medieval past are also preserved in the Marturanum: the Rocca di San Giuliano, with important defensive walls in tuff rock, and the Romanesque Church of San Giuliano with three naves, a Roman bath and an ancient pool cut out of the rock.
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