Roman Campagna

It is bordered by the Tolfa and Sabatini mountains to the north, the Alban Hills to the southeast, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the southwest.

During the ancient Roman period, it was an important agricultural and residential area, but it was abandoned during the Middle Ages due to malaria and insufficient water supplies for farming needs.

The pastoral beauty of the Campagna inspired the painters who flocked into Rome in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Starting with the 1950s, the expansion of Rome destroyed large parts of the Campagna, all around the city.

The only continuous green area where the natural resources of the region were saved from overbuilding is along the Appian Way.