Holiday Proposal for the Spring 2014 :
the
discovery of the lake created by Hercules
Going
to Rome along the Via Cassia , with a detour along the way to Cimina
Ronciglione , meets the volcanic lake of Vico , in the homonymous Nature
Reserve ( www.riservavico.it ) .
Interesting
environment chosen by wild ducks, mallards & grebes .
The lake has an curious legend . Hercules
stuck in the ground a huge club challenging the locals to remove it. No
one could do it and when he did the mythological hero , a river that flowed
from the earth filled the reservoir to form the Lake Vico. Between
the towns of the area , Sutri , of Etruscan origin, stage of the Via Francigena
( the amphitheater carved into the rock and the beautiful cave church ) . Ronciglione
and Caprarola , with the Palazzo Farnese , designed by Sangallo and Vignola.
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