Centro visite "Casa di Ledo" del Parco Bracciano-Martignano

Vicarello, on the Bracciano side of the regional park, brings together a long record of settlement and the landscape of a volcanic lake.

Why it matters

The Bracciano-Martignano regional natural park protects a landscape of lakes, farmland, woodland and archaeological remains. Vicarello's record reaches from prehistoric lakeside settlement to Roman thermal activity, showing how people have related to the lake over many centuries.

What to notice

The area brings together the shoreline, remains associated with a Bronze Age settlement and the Roman thermal complex known as the Baths of Apollo. The wider park also includes the ancient beech forest of Monte Raschio, part of the UNESCO-listed ancient beech forests of Europe.

Context and history

The park was established in 1999 to protect the landscapes and heritage around Lakes Bracciano and Martignano. Vicarello's thermal waters and archaeological remains belong to a much longer history of human activity around the lake; the park's work also includes monitoring the basin's water level.