The Pineto Regional Park is a protected natural area of

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, instituted in 1987. It has an area of approximately 240

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s, which includes Pineta Sacchetti. The park is in the northwest area of the city of

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, in

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, shared between the districts of Aurelio, Primavalle, and

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. The Parco del Pineto is a valley, the so-called “Valle dell’Inferno” (Valley of Hell), once extending to the

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walls and characterized by furnaces and limestone for the construction of

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. 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.

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