Parco Museo Virgilio - VIRGIL’S BOTANY: 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.

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ACANTHUS

Gum Arabic, east Africa, Asia

Acacia Arabica Willd (cfr. acanthus tra le erbe) Senegalia senegal Britton

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?

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Forte di Pietole

March - October:
Sunday and Midweek's Bank Holidays
9.30 - 13 / 14.30 - 18.30
November - February:
Sunday and Midweek's Bank Holidays
9 - 13 / 14.30 - 17.30
For different days, for groups of more than 15 people and for guided tours write to info@parcomuseovirgilio.com.
It is possible to purchase tickets at the entrance only on opening days.

Adult
Child *
Free **
* Students aged 14 to 18, University students, Over 65s, Groups of at least 10 people (max 15), Residents of Borgo Virgilio Municipality from 01-01-2025.
** Children and young people up to 14 years of age, disabled people and carers, members of the police force, residents of the Borgo Virgilio municipality until 12/31/2024.

8,00€
5,00€

Chiusura Stagionale dal 7/01/2025 al 21/03/2025, con riapertura il 22 Marzo

Seasonal closure from 7/01/2025 to 21/03/2025, with reopening on March 22nd