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Bomarzo, Italy

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Sacro Bosco Reviews | Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars (5 reviews)

Sacro Bosco is located in Bomarzo, Italy on Località Giardino. Sacro Bosco is rated 4.3 out of 5 in the category park in Italy.

Address

Località Giardino

Phone

+39 761924029

Amenities

Good for kidsPublic toilet

Accessibility

Wheelchair-accessible car parkWheelchair-accessible entrance

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Jennifer Vincent

Really cool sculpture garden! Whimsical is the best way to describe it. Highly recommed! I wish i had gone sooner.

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Lisa McQuery

No one can convince me that the author of the book, \The Neverending Story\ didn't get his inspiration from this historical park, commissioned by a prince in the 1500s. The author, in fact, spent a large majority of his life living not far from the park in the region of Lazio. Call it coincidence, or simple deduction - the park is eerily similar to the characters and even the backdrop of the book. The statues throughout the entire park are quite impressive, and show the dark theme that the prince (and his artists) had in mind at the time of creation. A simply fantastical blast into the past, the park is peaceful, in an absolutely beautiful location, and is enchanting. If I lived near the park I would visit it weekly, not just to escape into a world of mythical creatures, but also to enjoy the calm beauty of the park itself. I would estimate that given there is no tour guide, nor are there any signs to give any information about each respective statue, it might take someone a good hour and a half or more to walk around the whole park leisurely. It's not just statues of monsters you will find here either, though. There is a leaning tower (not to be confused with the one in Pisa), which will make you feel sick and dizzy if you stand inside of it too long. The tower gives off an almost sadistic vibe, and is reminiscent of something Tim Burton might have used in \Nightmare before Christmas\ or \Beetlejuice.\ There is also a lovely chapel house located nearer to the end of the maze that is known as \Monster Park\, which is a lovely area to sit for a while - possibly even have a picnic. The park also offers a very small souvenir shop where one can buy things like a snow globe, or postcards. I got both! Don't miss out on this highly interesting park while in Lazio. I have to admit, I am not a fan of museums or attractions like this, but this was by far and away the best one I've ever been to. Would highly recommend coming here!

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Shikder Mahmud Sayed

------- Wikipedia Gardens of Bomarzo The Sacro Bosco (\Sacred Grove\), colloquially called Park of the Monsters (Parco dei Mostri in Italian), also named Garden of Bomarzo, is a Mannerist monumental complex located in Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio, Italy. The garden was created during the 16th century. Situated in a wooded valley bottom beneath the castle of Orsini, it is populated by grotesque sculptures and small buildings located among the natural vegetation. History ******** The park's name stems from the many larger-than-life sculptures, some sculpted in the bedrock, which populate this predominantly barren landscape. It was commissioned by Pier Francesco Orsini, called Vicino, a 16th-century condottiero, and patron of the arts, greatly devoted to his wife Giulia Farnese (not to be confused with her maternal grandmother Giulia Farnese, the mistress of Pope Alexander VI). When Orsini's wife died, he created the gardens to cope with his grief. The design is attributed to Pirro Ligorio, and the sculptures to Simone Moschino. During the 19th century, and deep into the 20th, the garden became overgrown and neglected, but after the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí made a short movie about the park, and completed a painting actually based on the park in the 1950s, the Bettini family implemented a restoration program which lasted throughout the 1970s, and today the garden, which remains private property, is a major tourist attraction.

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Martin Broadhurst

Worth a detour! This mad garden breaks from the convention of traditional formal gardens of its time and provides visitors with a series of spectacular carvings of mad old monsters, gods, and other creatures from old myths. The wonky house is left me absolutely disoriented. Even though I'd been told all about it, I didn't expect it to make me feel as odd as it did. Really well done!

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Neil Beckhelling

The Park of the Monsters is a restored 16th century sculpture park. It was quirky when it was opened in 1552 and it's still quirky now. To see the sculptures there are quite a number of steps to climb, but it's definitely worth a look.

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