The Pineto Regional Park is a protected natural area of

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, instituted in 1987. It has an area of approximately 240

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s, which includes Pineta Sacchetti. The park is in the northwest area of the city of

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, in Municipio XIX, shared between the districts of Aurelio, Primavalle, and Trionfale. The Parco del Pineto is a valley, the so-called “Valle dell’Inferno” (Valley of Hell), once extending to the

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walls and characterized by furnaces and limestone for the construction of St. Peter’s Basilica. The cork oak, maple and birch trees are predominant here. Among the wildlife there are dormice and water-snakes. The park also contains traces of a previous ecological structure.

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* Parks in Rome Regional parks of Italy Protected areas established in 1987 Rome Q. XIII Aurelio Rome Q. XIV Trionfale Rome Q. XXVII Primavalle {{Rome-stub

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