[aesop_audio src=”https://www.visitfiumicino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/country-music3.mp3″ loop=”on” viewstart=”on” viewend=”off” hidden=”on”] [aesop_parallax img=”https://www.visitfiumicino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DSC01191.jpg” parallaxbg=”on” caption=”di Antony Meloni e Giuseppe D’Inverno” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”on” floater=”on” floatermedia=”La dolce campagna di Maccarese” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”up”]

[Aesop_content color = "#ffffff" background = "#333333 ″ columns =" 1 ″ position = "none" Imgrepeat = "no-repeat" floaterposition = "Left" floaterdirection = "Up"] The smell of the Roman countryside pervades the spirit of the Norman nobleman Albert, while he scoured his sunny possessions, accompanied by his men, inside an extraordinary Mediterranean scrub, alternating with humid and river environments. The day is mild and blows a wind of scirocco while the countryside around Vaccarese is presented in its magnificence. Wild animals and a wide variety of plants are the setting for this world that is abundant in time.

[/aesop_content] [aesop_parallax img = "https://www.visitfiumicino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/terreumide.jpg" PARALLAXBG = "on" caption = "The wetlands of Maccarese (photo by Antony Meloni)" captionposition = "bottom-left" Lightbox = "on" floater = "on" floaterposition = "Left" floaterdirection = "Up"] [aesop_content color = "#ffffff" background = "#333333 ″ columns =" 1 ″ position = "none" Imgrepeat = "no-repeat" floaterposition = "Left" floaterdirection = "Up"] Alberto is loved by his citizens and is also a tribute to all the nobility Roman for his exploits. He is a man full of strength, impulsive, energetic and dragging. It transmits security to the citizens of the village but can enforce the rules imposed. He remembers well the day that, called by the Pope, came to defeat all those who opposed the papacy.
He invested all his strength to honor its commitment and that earned him much.
His castrates is a real stronghold on the ancient Via Aurelia.
After a long walk, starting from the east, with the sun that illuminates the face, becoming carried away by the smell of the sea and along the ancient river Arrochar, Baron Albert returns to his fortified palace of Villa San Giorgio, passing by the pond Pagliete, surrounded by ash and elm, the grunts of wild boars and the chirping of the many birds who master these heavens.

[/aesop_content] [aesop_parallax img=”https://www.visitfiumicino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_2148.jpg” parallaxbg=”on” caption=”Il fiume Arrone abbraccia il mare (foto di Antony Meloni)” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”on” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”up”] [aesop_audio src=”https://www.visitfiumicino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cave-music5.mp3″ loop=”on” viewstart=”on” viewend=”off” hidden=”on”]

[Aesop_content color = "#ffffff" background = "#333333 ″ columns =" 1 ″ position = "none" Imgrepeat = "no-repeat" floaterposition = "Left" floaterdirection = "Up"] The Lord of the Castra is however concerned by the rumors of some fishermen who talk about sightings of monsters and dragons and remnants of dead animals in the middle of the countryside, which started to scare the citizens. So he immediately welcomes the pope's request to hunt down and kill any creature that could endanger the lives of its own citizens. With so much courage, that courage that had made him leave his homeland, part with the other barons of the Roman aristocracy, to patrol the lands of the Papate, following the stories narrated by the shepherds and local fishermen, until, Searching the Mala Grotta (now Malagrotta), they find the huge dragon that infecting the plots, sowing terror to the sea.
The breath of the dragon, sulfur and smelly also bother lords Massimina, for this reason have joined the hunt.
A deep silence falls between the riders to see the mythological monster as they grasp the cold swords decorated with jewelry. The fear is cut into slices in the eyes of the lords, but are there to complete the mission.

[/aesop_content] [aesop_parallax img = "https://www.visitfiumicino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/paolo_uccello_050.jpg" PARALLAXBG = "on" caption = "St. George and the Dragon (painting by Paul Bird)" captionposition = "bottom-left" Lightbox = "on" floater = "on" Floaterposition = "Left" floaterdirection = "Up"] [aesop_content color = "#ffffff" background = "#333333 ″ columns =" 1 ″ position = "none" Imgrepeat = "no-repeat" floaterposition = "Left" floaterdirection = "Up"] after a challenging fight the dragon succeeds in Escape wandering in the surrounding countryside until you reach the lands of "Vaccarese" (then Maccarese) and find them the death at the hands of the Lord of Anguillara, with the help of St. George.

[/aesop_content] [aesop_parallax img=”https://www.visitfiumicino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DSC0106.jpg” parallaxbg=”on” caption=”La dolce campagna di Maccarese (foto di Antony Meloni)” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”on” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”up”] [aesop_audio src=”https://www.visitfiumicino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/country-music3.mp3″ loop=”on” viewstart=”on” viewend=”off” hidden=”on”]

[Aesop_content color = "#ffffff" background = "#333333 ″ columns =" 1 ″ position = "none" Imgrepeat = "no-repeat" floaterposition = "Left" floaterdirection = "Up"] Now we can go back to our castra. The young baron of Anguillara has finally freed our lands from that monster and the citizens return to work in the midst of the fields. The Pope is very pleased and has donated to the family Anguillara many lands north of Vaccarese, beyond the borders given by the hills.

[/aesop_content] [aesop_parallax img = "https://www.visitfiumicino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DSC0075.jpg" PARALLAXBG = "on" caption = "Water, earth and sky (photo by Antony Meloni)" captionposition = "bottom-left" Lightbox = "on" floater = "on" floaterposition = "Left" Floaterdirection = "Up"] [aesop_content color = "#ffffff" background = "#333333 ″ columns =" 1 ″ position = "none" Imgrepeat = "no-repeat" floaterposition = "Left" floaterdirection = "Up"] "the scent of Myrtle as I open the gates of Villa St. George, they do by Scenography of my return, after several days between the Roman countryside I manage to embrace my children again. Every day there will be new challenges to overcome and new enemies to defeat but the name of the Alberskulls will resonate in this land for many years. "

[/aesop_content] [aesop_parallax img=”https://www.visitfiumicino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DSC0027.jpg” parallaxbg=”on” caption=”Il possente castello di Maccarese (foto di Antony Meloni)” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”on” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”up”]

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