![Panorama dal pineto 2020](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Panorama_dal_pineto_2020.jpg)
The Pineto Regional Park is a
protected natural area of
Lazio
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, instituted in 1987. It has an area of approximately 240
hectare
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s, which includes
Pineta Sacchetti. The park is in the northwest area of the city of
Rome
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, in
Municipio XIX
The Municipio XIX was an administrative subdivision of the city of Rome. Following the administrative reform of 11 March 2013, it was suppressed and merged into the new, and coextensive, Municipio XIV. Its territory is situated to the north-west ...
, shared between the districts of
Aurelio,
Primavalle
Primavalle is the 27th ''quartiere'' of Rome, identified by the initials Q. XXVII. It is part of the Municipio XIV.
History
Thanks to several archaeological discoveries, the first settlements in the area can be dated back to 1st century BC: a ...
, and
Trionfale
Trionfale is the 14th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XIV. The toponym also indicates the urban zone 19E of Municipio XIV.
History
Trionfale is among the first 15 ''quartieri'' of the city, originally delimited i ...
.
The Parco del Pineto is a valley, the so-called “Valle dell’Inferno” (Valley of Hell), once extending to the
Vatican
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Vatican City, the city-state ruled by the pope in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum
The Holy See
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walls and characterized by furnaces and limestone for the construction of
St. Peter’s Basilica.
The cork oak, maple and birch trees are predominant here. Among the wildlife there are dormice and water-snakes. The park also contains traces of a previous ecological structure.
See also
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Regional Park of Decima-Malafede
The Nature Reserve of Decima-Malafede is a protected natural area of Lazio, Italy, entirely included in the territory of the Municipality of Rome. It has an area of approximately 6,145 hectares.
The Reserve was established in 1997.A first landsc ...
References
External links
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Roma NaturaAgrinet
Parks in Rome
Regional parks of Italy
Protected areas established in 1987
Rome Q. XIII Aurelio
Rome Q. XIV Trionfale
Rome Q. XXVII Primavalle
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