Top 9 Caves ジェンツァーノディローマでの

The path that leads up to the hermitage is steep and rugged. The person who takes care of the hermitage is usually present on Saturday mornings, the other days the gate is closed. We met him by chance on Sunday.

The small iron door framed by the peperino architrave goes almost unnoticed but if it is found open it allows access to the entrance tunnel of this work of hydraulic engineering from the Roman era. The emissary of Lake Albano was presumably excavated at the beginning of the 4th century BC to regulate the level of the lake and, both for the technical difficulties encountered in the excavation and resolved with limited means and for the functionality that remained intact until the 1960s of the last century, it can be considered one of the most important hydraulic testimonies of our past. Some historical sources also speak of the emissary: Titus Livius links its construction to the final results of the war between Rome and Veii.

There are wild boars in this forest. So be careful!

A unique monument of its kind in this area. To visit. It is not easy to get there by bike, but there are no difficulties on foot

There are no opening and closing times, I recommend making the route in good weather conditions. You can reach the caves from via dei cappuccini.

To visit. the recent cuts make it difficult to reach the place and without the coolness of the trees you lose some of the charm of the place.

The tombs are located slightly off the main path, at an altitude of 800 meters.

The Grotticelle Tombs are burials discovered in 1982 in the heart of the Rocca di Papa woods, halfway between Monte Cavo and Maschio delle Faete. Among the various hypothesized dates, the most reliable would seem to be the one that places its construction in the Eneolithic period, between the Copper and Bronze Ages: these tombs essentially date back to around 2,500 BC. The Grotticelle Tombs represent a unicum in the Castelli Romani territory, as well as a real enigma from an archaeological point of view. https://www.nemora.it/tombe-grotticelle-di-rocca-di-papa/