Monte Mario Park in Rome

The Monte Mario park (Rome) extends in the north-western sector of the city, and is an important connecting element between the environmental system of the Tiber and the large extra-urban areas, a real green corridor within the city.
With its 139 meters of height, it is the most imposing relief in the system of hills called the Farnesina Mountains and, due to its environmental characteristics, represents a true mosaic of biological diversity.
A large presence of typical Mediterranean vegetation in the lower areas (holm oak, cork oak and cistus) is also contrasted with that typical of sub-mountain conditions in the higher areas (hornbeam, linden, maple, manna ash, hazel, privet and dogwood).

The anthropization of the area has strongly disturbed the presence of original fauna: present today are rodents (dorry dormouse, house mouse, field mouse) and birds (robin, blackbird, long-tailed tit, greenfinch, goldfinch, jackdaw and starling).
The area constitutes an asset of inestimable cultural and environmental value for the city, which includes historic villas including Villa Mazzanti, home of RomaNatura, and Villa Mellini, home of the famous astronomical observatory.
RomaNatura, the managing body of the reserve, has entrusted the management of the services to Legambiente Lazio.