In the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage, Latium region gets even seven sites.
The first town to be included in the special list was obviously Rome, in 1980. The “eternal town” appears in fact among the UNESCO sites already in 1980, when was included in the World Heritage list three different monumental areas.
In the UNESCO list, Rome is in fact represented by the whole historical centre, including some of the most know monuments of the entire world as Colosseum and Imperial Fora, but also the Saint Paul Church fuori le mura basilica and the Holy See, in Vatican’s territory.
The “eternal city” it isn’t however the only town of Lazio region to appear in the UNESCO sites list.
Recently, in fact, UNESCO included in its list other 4 sites situated in the provinces of Rome and Viterbo, equally important and of great historical and cultural interest. Respectively since 1999 and 2001 they are part of UNESCO World Heritage two prestigious residences of Tivoli as Villa of Este, a sort of Italian “little Versailles”, and Villa Adriana, ancient abode of Roman emperor built since AD 117 on an area bigger than that of Pompeii. Finally, in Lazio the UNESCO World Heritage also protected since 2004 the Etruscan necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia and their important archaeological areas.
In Tarquinia Monterozzi’s necropolis are still today well conserved a lot of frescos that represents dances, banquets and daily scenes during the Etruscan age.
Rome, Tivoli, Cerveteri, Tarquinia, but also the coast on the Tyrrhenian Sea with the natural park of Circeo, are historical cultural and natural “treasures” that you can easily visit also during a bike tour.
Choose a holiday for cyclists in Lazio: you’ll come back to home more trained and rich of culture.
Sonya Argelli
