Monte Massico description and photos - Italy: Caserta (Topic)

Monte Massico description and photos - Italy: Caserta. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Monte Massico.

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Monte Massico is a small mountain range located at the southern end of the Campanian Plain and notable for its lush Mediterranean vegetation. It stretches from the extinct Roccamonfina volcano in the north to the very coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the south. In the east, the mountain range is bounded by the Volturno River Plain, and in the west by the Garigliano River Plain.

It is said that once the god Bacchus (Bacchus) himself stopped at the foot of Monte Massico, and he was received by an old man named Falerno, who gave him his last meal. Bacchus decided to thank the old man and turned milk into wine, and Mount Massiko into a fertile wine-making region.

Today Monte Masso is part of a nature park curated by the international organization WWF. This park was created in 1998 and is spread over an area of 40 acres. In addition to Mount Massico, whose slopes are covered with stone oaks, hornbeams, oleanders, broomsticks and olive groves, the park also includes Lake Falciano. Over 90 species of birds can be found on its shores! Among them - buzzard, tawny owl, kite, kestrel, owl. Wild boars, foxes, badgers, stone martens, hedgehogs, moles, various rodents and other small animals live on land. Hiking trails and picnic and recreation areas are laid out throughout the park.

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