What to do on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in October, when the days are still warm and sunny and friends enjoying a beautiful afternoon in awe for constructive and ridanciano different than usual? The answer is obvious ... What else if not a better exit to the woods, maybe time to stock up on some gorgeous goodness given to us by Pachamama at will in these autumn months! No sooner said than done ... The goal this time is chosen Manzanita, a small village north of Rome, surrounded by beautiful woods and majestic, which once covered the mountains and Sabatini Tolfa stretching up into the Tyrrhenian Sea (the Sylva Mantiana). Currently, forests cover an area of \u200b\u200babout 600 hectares and are home to an interesting variety of flora (including oak, chestnut, maple wild medlar, hornbeam, birch, ferns and plants typical of the forest) and fauna (wild boars, foxes, weasels, squirrels, porcupines, badgers, weasels, woodcock, hoopoe, jays, raptors, woodpeckers etc.).. The whole area, like much of Lazio, is of volcanic origin, therefore it is possible to observe interesting phenomena Manziana post volcanic-like pools of hot water, emissions of sulfur gas and sulphurous. Among the most famous is surely the Caldara (Monument naturale dal 1988), che presenta emissioni freatiche di acque sulfuree aventi una temperatura di fino a 20° C ed รจ circondata da giunchi. La caldara occupa una depressione circolare, probabilmente un piccolo cratere, testimonianza attuale della antica presenza del Vulcano Sabatino che 600.000 anni fa occupava tutta la fossa tettonica compresa fra i dei Monti della Tolfa and Monte Soratte . The vegetation is mainly made up of Caldara Mediterranean and oak deciduous . However, at the outer edge of the crater on a clay soil is a grove of birch white ( Betula pendula ). 
The presence of this species, typical of the Northern Territory with cold climate, it is very special at this latitude and only 250 m above sea level. On the origin of this grove there are at least two hypotheses: the first is that the local conditions of Caldara with its marsh, created a micro-climate favorable to the survival of birch, the residue of a post-glacial period. A second hypothesis is that the grove is of artificial origin, planted in the area in past centuries, and survived thanks to local climatic conditions. The Caldara of Manzanita also appears in a 1983 film titled "Love toxic ," which tells the story of a group of heroin addicts Ostia (a film a bit ' pesantino, but if you like the genre is a kind of cult). 
Since none of us had ever gone to chestnuts in these parts before, we had to try several places before you actually find chestnut trees, fortunately a gentleman of the place, the owner of a riding school in Via degli Scopeti, came to our aid not only allowing us to park the car in its stables (where we have been conquered by Gaetano donkey sympathy),
but also indicates some points where we found the chestnut trees. His advice has been invaluable, we practically into the woods by Way of Scopeti, from there it passes through a grove and you get to a certain point in a clearing from which branch off the two paths, one left and one straight ahead that reach across the entire clearing. Obviously there are many other places to chestnuts, but if you do not know no one can be difficult to find.
into the forest we are immediately conquered by the autumn colors, a true color palette of reds, oranges, yellows, browns and greens of every shade, accentuated by the reflection of sunlight. At the entrance of the national monument of Caldara is a map with various locations (in addition to a booth with one of the guards nicest I've ever known), are available to everyone, you just want to have a walk in nature!
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| Our new friend Gary! |
After a beautiful afternoon in the woods around, we decide to end the day in the country, that that very end week (16-17 October 2010) hosted no other than ... The Chestnut Festival (but obviously not)! The little old town seething of activities, food stalls of all types (local, but also in various regions of central and southern), bands of gypsy music, folk music Lazio players and anything else we could not ask for a better end to our afternoon thrilling to be repeated as soon as possible!
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