Villa Gregoriana

Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli is a charming natural park immersed in greenery with woods, paths, waterfalls, caves, and vegetation that extends at the foot of the ancient acropolis. Commissioned by Pope Gregory XVI around 1834, this splendid unspoiled place became an essential destination for artists and aristocrats who, in the nineteenth century, arrived in ancient "Tibur." Since 2005, the entire area of the villa has been under the protection and management of the FAI (Italian Environmental Fund) and is considered a unique site in the world, a place where nature and the constant work of man merge, among extraordinary scenic beauties and the remains of the ancient archaeological villa of Publius Manlius Vopiscus. Villa Gregoriana is famous worldwide both for the Great Waterfall, a scenic and much-photographed jet of water created by the Aniene River, and for the Neptune Caves and Sirens' Caves, caverns eroded by the same river located below the area of the Temple of Vesta and reachable via a tree-lined road adorned with a great variety of plants. Adding to the extraordinary villa is the proximity of the Ponte Gregoriano, a fascinating structure also built by Pope Gregory XVI, which today connects the park to the historic center of Tivoli. From here, you can admire an extraordinary panorama of the Aniene Valley and the ancient acropolis.