The Sabina area is perhaps, more frequently, recognized in reference to its Rieti sector, but Sabina is also Roman! Indeed, Sabina, as a geographical region, extends up into the very outskirts of Rome.
Even its mountainous part: the "Monti Sabini", have a either a Rieti or a Roman core, the latter represented by the Lucretili Mountains group, now being included in a Lazio Region Natural Park area. These Mountains ranges are, in both cases, limestone reliefs of the anti-appennine of Lazio, whose morfologic character is given by the imprint of the karst phenomenon on the highlands morphologies , with the typical karst plains, surrounded by beautiful beech woods, pastoral places since the Neolithic; and the high limestone cliffs characterized by a scary verticality. But this part of the Montanious Sabina is unique, because it is clearly affected by the attractor of the City of Rome, not only because the city is clearly visible from the views on the slopes and on the summit of Mount Gennaro, but also because it is "perceptible" in the spirit of the place, soaked by "romanity" still today, with the many Romans coming up here for walks and picnics. The landscape reveals the inextricable connection between "the mountain of Rome" and the "Campagna" (Countryside): the realm of the Savelli and other great and noble Roman families, perennially struggling for a place in the sun, among the cadres of the high ecclesiastical hierarchies and this is also revealed through the signs of ancient transhumance: the sheep-tracks, the drinking troughs, the stands, the dry-stone walls and, of course, the Maremma cows, with great horns, ancient and mythical protagonists of the landscape, perfectly adapted to the not easy environmental conditions of these places.
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