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Parks and Gardens in Italy
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Aqualand
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Town: Rome
Address: Via dei Faggi 75
Phone: +39 06 987 82 47
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| This aquatic park allows for various adventures and plenty of water fun. Its six swimming pools are complemented with a section of gigantic pine trees, enclosing an area with cosy picnic tables. There are three activity swimming pools for children, all of them equipped with miscellaneous games. One of the pools contains hundreds of small balls for the children to play with. Otherwise, additional attractions include the water slides and rubber dinghy trips.
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Bioparco
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Town: Rome
Address: Piazza del Giardino Zoologico 1
Phone: +39 06 360 82 11
e-mail: infoscuola@bioparco.it
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Website: http://www.bioparco.it/
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| A former zoo, the Bioparco has very few caged animals left, with all the remaining species roaming freely in something which is supposed to resemble their natural habitat. The site serves an educational purpose: demonstrating how animals and children can interact in a clean and peaceful environment. The on-site platform restaurant overlooks grazing giraffes and a small herd of elephants. The complex also features a small display of endangered species, featuring several alligators. The Bioparco is a site to spot lions, tigers, monkeys, bears and an entire array of tiny species. The well-appointed reptile house and education centre are among the site's must-see spots.
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Bosco di Bruzzano
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Town: Milan
Address: Via Giuditta Pasta, Via Comboni
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| Bosco di Bruzzano (Bruzzano Wood) is a forest-like park situated in the northern part of Milan providing the people who live there with a piece of green space for relaxation of the senses from the busy daily life. The Bruzzano park is actually a part of the larger Nord Park (Northern Park) and holds wonderful facilities for the pleasant spending of one’s leisure time on its more than 120,000 square metres. At the Bruzzano wood you can also read a good book borrowed from the adjacent library housed in one hundred year old shack which is an impressive sight itself. The Bruzzano wood was created in 1968, so that the citizens living in the quarter had a place to rest in this urban area. So the initially agricultural land, where nowadays Bosco di Bruzzano is located, was planted with various trees including maples, elms, poplars, birches and red firs. As a result today, visitors to the park have the opportunity to enjoy some nature while having a picnic or lying on grass and r
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Boscoincitta
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Town: Milan
Address: Via Novara
Phone: +39 2 45 22 401
e-mail: info@cfu.it
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Website: http://www.cfu.it/bosco
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| Boscoincitta (Woods in the City) is one of Milan’s best known and largest areasof green spaces in this city. Together with the Parco delle Cave and the Parco Treno that lie in the immediate vicinity of Boscoincitta and even have connection with it, the three shape the so-called Parco Agricolo. Boscoincitta is situated in the western part of Milan, being slightly away from the city centre but well connected to it through the Novara Street. The surface of Boscoincitta covers a total of 110 hectares with various stunning landscape features, including an artificial lake, vegetable gardens for lovers of horticulture and, last but not least, woods that are the most cha
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Caelian Hill
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Town: Rome
Address: Via Claudia
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| One of the seven hills of Rome, this site has accumulated huge amounts of history, and makes for an excellent strolling venue. Starting with ruins of Roman temples, early Christian shrines and a vast parkland, the hill makes for an entire day out of the hectic Rome. The Caelian Hill, which derives its name from the Latin place name Mons Caelius, was populated under Emperor Tullus Hostilius, who relocated the people of Alba Longa here. According to researchers, the hill was named after Caelius Vibenna, who is known to have settled on the spot. Later, during the Republic, that was the site of the fanciest civil residences, including elegant villas with exquisite mosaics. If hunting for notable structures, here you can find the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Basilica of Santo Stefano Rotondo.
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Circo Massimo
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Town: Rome
Address: Via del Circo Massimo
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| Back in the 4th Century BC, the famous Circus Maximus was Rome's grandest and most talked about stadium. Boasting a seating capacity of 250,000 spectators, this was a regular site for horse and chariot races, athletic games, animal fights, etc. A particular hit among the crowds was the marine fighting, when the arena was flooded and the battlers had to fight from their small boats. The Circus was last used in the 6th Century, and still, instead of falling into oblivion, currently offers one of the city's most pleasant strolling venues.
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Colombario di Via Taranto
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Town: Rome
Address: Via Pescara 2
Phone: +39 06 48 89 91
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| This olden Roman yard reveals a leafy garden, which opens into a stairway, leading to a vault of various burial niches. Here, apart from the urns of the dead, one may want to admire the vivid frescoes, mostly comprising floral patterns.
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Florentine Neoplatonic Academy (Villa Medicea di C
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Town: Florence
Address: Via Pieraccini 17
Phone: +39 0554277329
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| Resting on the hilly side of Florence, this was the first of the Medici villas and the site of the Platonic academy, the brainchild of Cosimo de' Medici. Constructed by Michelozzo, the building has the features of a country castle with a Medieval garden. Having been occupied by many members of the Medici family, the site was eventually acquired by Vincenzo Orsi in the 18th Century. The successor of Vincenzo divested the property to Francis Sloane, and the new owner decorated the garden with Lebanese and Himalayan cedars, sequoias, palms and a variety of Mediterranean vegetation. The villa is currently owned by the Hospital of Careggi and can be visited upon request.
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