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a restoration project, fi- with windows carved by
nished in 2005 when the the French general Miollis
Villa Gregoriana Park was in 1809.
reopened to the public.
Inside the park were found
Paths and walkways go a burial of the imperial
through the entire park, past with historic monuwinding through dark gla- ments and gravestones,
des and small galleries, and ruins of the aqueduct
somewhere
becoming that brought water Aniene
bleachers, guiding the vi- in the Villa of Manlio Vopisitor to discover different scus.
visions.
The big waterfall that characterizes the area, one
of the highest in Italy, is
formed by the river Aniene, that rushes for 120
meters. Following a path
down along the waterfall
you reach the "Iron Horse", a terrace protruding
over the waterfall itself.
Another characteristic element is the “Stipa channel”, used in the past during the floods as an outlet
of the River Aniene.
The “Neptune’s Grotto”
and the “Sirens’ Grotto”
have impressive chasms.
The first partly collapsed
in 1826, the second is full
of stalactites and water
flows in cascades.
Going up through the
park we find the “Miollis tunnel”, a small tunnel
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