VIRGIL’S BOTANY: FOREST TREES

FOREST TREES 

Aen. 8, 598-599          

la valle in cui Venere consegna a Enea le armi forgiate da Vulcano
… undique colles
inclusere cavi et nigra nemus abiete cingunt.
… on all sides curving hills enclose it and girdle the woodland with dark fir trees. 

 

Abies alba Mill. Casentino (AR)    

georg. 2, 118-119        

Di questo albero esotico colpisce il verdeggiare
Quid tibi odorato referam sudantia ligno
balsamaque et bacas semper frondentis acanthi?
Why should I tell you of the balsams that drip from the fragrant wood, or of the pods of the ever blooming acanthus? 

Senegalia senegal Britton

  • 22 MARCH - 7 NOVEMBER 2025
    Saturday   15:00 - 19:00
    Sunday and Midweek's Bank Holidays
    9:30 - 13:00  / 15:00 - 19:00

  • 8 NOVEMBER 2025 - JAN 2026
    Sunday and Midweek's Bank Holidays
    9 - 13 / 14.30 - 17.30
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    • Adult
    • Reduced *
    • Schools outside municipality
    • Free **

    • * Students aged 14 to 18, University students, Over 65s, Groups of at least 10 people (max 15),  Residents of Borgo Virgilio Municipality.
      Virgilio Museum ticket for Mantua (discount valid for 90 days from issue)

    • ** Children and young people up to 14 years of age, disabled people and carers, members of the police force, schools of the Borgo Virgilio municipality.
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    • 2,00€