Selva del Lamone: a wild labyrinth of myth and nature

Getting lost in the Lamone Forest isn't just a figure of speech. It actually happened to a colleague from the Lazio Region and her husband: an impromptu hike, taking a few precautions... and off they went, swallowed up by the greenery. They spent the night outdoors; luckily it was summer. The next morning, a helicopter was needed to find them among the trees. […]
When Tuscia was a land of bandits

Between the folds of history and the folds of the earth, in the wilds of the border between the Papal States and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, legendary figures still stir debate today roamed the land between the 19th and early 20th centuries: the brigands of Maremma and Tuscia. They were bandits, yes. They stole, they shot, […]