Gardens of Bomarzo
The Sacro Bosco, colloquially called Park of the Monsters, also named Garden of Bomarzo, is a Mannerist monumental complex located in Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio, Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Garden
- Description: Manieristic monumental complex located in northern Lazio, Italy
- Also known as: “Bomarzo Park”, “Boschetto di Bomarzo”, “Garden of Bomarzo”, “Garden of Monsters”, “Giardini di Buon Martio”, “Parco dei mostri”, “Park of the Monsters”, “Sacred Wood (Bomarzo, Italy)”, and “Sacro Bosco”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palazzo Orsini and Santa Maria Assunta.
Palazzo Orsini
Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palazzo Orsini is a defensive and residential structure located in the municipality of Bomarzo. Built from the 16th century on the remains of an older medieval castle, it was later remodelled until the end of the 19th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mugnano in Teverina and Chia.
Mugnano in Teverina
Village
Photo: Cosmin latan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mugnano in Teverina, a former Duchy of the Pontifical States, has been a hamlet in the Italian municipality of Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo, since the 1890s. Mugnano in Teverina is situated 2½ km east of Gardens of Bomarzo.
Chia
Village
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Chia is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Gardens of Bomarzo.
Attigliano
Village
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Attigliano is a comune in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 70 km south of Perugia and about 30 km west of Terni. Attigliano has the lowest elevation of any municipality located in Umbria. Attigliano is situated 4½ km northeast of Gardens of Bomarzo.
Gardens of Bomarzo
- Categories: sculpture garden, park, architectural structure, historical park museum, religious museum, and palazzo museum
- Location: Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Gardens of Bomarzo” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սրբազան անտառ”
- Catalan: “Parc dels Monstres”
- Chinese: “聖林園”
- Czech: “Sacro Bosco”
- Dutch: “Tuinen van Bomarzo”
- Finnish: “Bomarzon puutarha”
- French: “Bois sacré (Bomarzo, Italie)”
- French: “jardins de Bomarzo”
- French: “Jardins de Bomarzo”
- French: “Parc des monstres (Bomarzo, Italie)”
- French: “Sacro Bosco (Bomarzo, Italie)”
- German: “Heiliger Wald”
- German: “Parco dei mostri”
- German: “Park der Monstren (Bomarzo)”
- German: “Park der Monstren Bomarzo”
- German: “Park der Ungeheuer”
- German: “Sacro Bosco”
- Greek: “Κήπος των τεράτων”
- Indonesian: “Taman Bomarzo”
- Italian: “Giardino di Bomarzo”
- Italian: “parco dei Mostri”
- Italian: “Parco dei Mostri”
- Italian: “Sacro bosco”
- Japanese: “ボマルツォ#文化・観光”
- Japanese: “怪物公園”
- Japanese: “怪物庭園”
- Korean: “보마르초 정원”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Parco dei Mostri”
- Norwegian: “Parco dei Mostri”
- Persian: “باغهای بومارتزو”
- Polish: “Park Potworów”
- Portuguese: “Jardins de Bomarzo”
- Russian: “Парк чудищ”
- Russian: “Священный лес”
- Serbian: “Парк у Бомарцу”
- Spanish: “Parque de los monstruos”
- Swedish: “Sacro Bosco”
- Ukrainian: “Парк Священий ліс”
- Ukrainian: “Парк Священний ліс”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gardens of Bomarzo”. Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.