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Revision as of 12:09, 16 July 2011
41°47′28″N 13°38′45″E / 41.79111°N 13.64583°E
The Monti Simbruini are a mountain range in central Italy, part of Apennines, on the border between the Lazio and Abruzzo regions. They border with the Monti Cantari and the Ciociaria.
The name derives from the Latin sub imbribus ("under the rain"). They are also popularly known as "Rome's Alps". The highest peak is the Monte Cotento (2,015 m).
The River Aniene has its source within in the range.
Regional Park
The Regional Park of the Monti Simbruini was founded on January 29, 1983. It includes also the Monti Cantari, with an area of 300 square kilometres including the comuni of Camerata Nuova, Cervara di Roma (Campaegli), Filettino, Jenne, Subiaco (Monte Livata), Trevi nel Lazio and Vallepietra.
Vegetation
- Beech
- Alah
- Chestnut
- Common Hazel
- Downy Oak
- Gentian
- Hornbeam
- Lilium
- Maple
- Raspberry
- Ribes alpinum
- Sorbus aucuparia
- Strawberry
- Taxus baccata
- Terebinth
- Vaccinium
- Violet
Wildlife
- Aesculapian Snake
- Barn Owl
- Beech Marten
- Boar
- Brown Trout
- Carrion Crow
- Coluber viridiflavus
- Crested Porcupine
- Edible Dormouse
- Eurasian Badger
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- European Hedgehog
- Fox
- Golden Eagle
- Goshawk
- House Mouse
- Italian Wolf
- Least Weasel
- Little Owl
- Roe Deer
- Marsican Brown Bear
- Salamandrina terdigitata
- Tawny Owl
- Vipera aspis
- Wild Cat