Tenuta di San Liberato, Bracciano

The Estate of San Liberato is an area of woodland and hills near Lake Bracciano in Italy, near Rome.

The region was important for the Etruscans, with Tarquinia, Cerveteri, Tuscania and Blera are all within a few miles of the San Liberato estate.

The Romanesque church of San Liberato, surrounded by the botanic gardens of the rural estate by the same name, was erected in the 9th century.

After the 'Dark Ages', the area enjoyed new vitality, as evidenced by the Castello Orsini Odescalchi, founded in the 12th century.

The grounds are modelled on a traditional English country garden, interspersed with evergreen hedges, with a number of themed cultivated areas, such as the herb garden opposite the mediaeval church, inspired by the Orto dei Semplici motifs.