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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!

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.

Behind an iron door hides a dense network of tunnels dug for a Renaissance aqueduct that carried water to Genzano. You can enter and continue for hundreds of meters. Please then leave it closed again so as not to let wild animals into the night

Very nice ups and downs, clean path to do both downhill and uphill