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BOMARZO - The monster's Park
In the heart of the Tuscia Laziale, just a few kilometers from Viterbo
we find Bomarzo, an ancient etruscan setting. The town is better known
because of its unusual nearby monster park, rather than for its
renaissance Orsini Palace.
The Prince a great connoisseut of distant
culture and artistic expressions from different origins, had the park built,
also named the ‘Sacret Forest’ around the middle of 1500. He anticipated a
fashion which was to come in later times. He wanted stately parks full of
fountains with surprises and water games, and he decidely went counter
current when he ordered the park decorations.
So it is
possible to bump into a gigantic figure holding a person between its legs,
or inside a guge turtle, a musical figure and many other statues which
inspire visitors to come and see this ancient lost legend. The park soon
became forgotton until another eccentric Salvador Dalì re discovered it in
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