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Farnese Gardens

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26% trees around it and 437 species recorded.

40Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km26%
  • wild within 10 km48%
  • species recorded437
  • Altitude53 m

The forest around

26% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 30%Grassland 6%Water 3%Cropland 2%Built-up 59%Trees 25%Grassland 1%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 71%Trees 35%Shrubland 0%Grassland 7%Water 1%Cropland 2%Built-up 54%Trees 34%Shrubland 1%Grassland 16%Water 0%Bare ground 0%Cropland 10%Built-up 38%26%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km30%
  • 1–3 km25%
  • 3–6 km35%
  • 6–10 km34%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees25%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water2%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up71%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

437 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Bear's Breeches
Bear's BreechesAcanthus mollis89 recordsHectonichus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Oleander
OleanderNerium oleander76 recordsUnknown author · CC BY 2.5
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis66 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Common mallow
Common mallowMalva sylvestris62 recordsKöhler, F. E. (Franz Eugen) · Public domain
Myrtle
MyrtleMyrtus communis60 recordsJúlio Reis ( Tintazul ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Olive tree
Olive treeOlea europaea56 recordsHans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pomegranate
PomegranatePunica granatum56 recordsH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sweet bay
Sweet bayLaurus nobilis52 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cape leadwort
Cape leadwortPlumbago auriculata49 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Calvin Teo assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 2.5
Slender Oat
Slender OatAvena barbata45 recordsJose Hernandez · Public domain
Shrubby Jerusalem sage
Shrubby Jerusalem sagePhlomis fruticosa44 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sacred bamboo
Sacred bambooNandina domestica44 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

40out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 26%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 48%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 437Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 53 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in April.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan11°3°72 mm
  2. Feb12°3°77 mm
  3. Mar15°6°68 mm
  4. Apr19°9°56 mm
  5. May23°13°57 mm
  6. Jun28°17°34 mm
  7. Jul32°20°26 mm
  8. Aug32°20°26 mm
  9. Sep27°16°70 mm
  10. Oct22°12°82 mm
  11. Nov16°8°114 mm
  12. Dec12°4°92 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Farnese Gardens.

Renaissance gardens on the Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy

Farnese Gardens is an arboretum in Italy.

Seen from space, 26% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 48% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

437 species have been recorded around it: 261 plants, 4 fungi, 162 birds and 10 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Bear's Breeches, Oleander and Ivy-leaved Toadflax.

The best time to walk is in April.

Farnese-gaerten
Unknown author · CC BY 2.5

Get there and walk

  • Area sosta camper Park Colombocampsite · 3.1 km · 8 within 10 km
  • Hotel Veronaplace to stay · 1.2 km · 1,203 within 10 km
  • Pignanearest town · 0.7 km in a straight line
  • Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at CIA airport (Rome)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Farnese Gardens seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 15marked trails within 5 kmVia Francigena - 07 Lazio, Via di Francesco - Via di Roma, Via di Francesco/Via del SUD - Tappa 1 and 12 more
  • 34named and notable trees within 6 kmAlberone, Platano, L'albero di Rossella and 31 more
  • 29picnic sites within 4 km
  • 70shelters and huts within 6 kmP.zza Cardinali and 69 more
  • 80viewpoints within 5 kmForum Romanum view, Belvedere Romolo E Remo, Balconata del Pincio and 77 more
  • 32visitor centres within 6 kmVisitor Center Fori Imperiali, Tourist Information Point "Minghetti", Punto Informativo Parco Appia Antica and 29 more
  • 944car parks within 3 km
  • 8campsites within 10 kmArea sosta camper Park Colombo, Area Sosta Camper Romae, LGP and 5 more
  • 1,203places to stay within 10 kmHotel Verona, Hotel Majestic, Hotel Westin Excelsior and 1,200 more
  • 2,607restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Farnese Gardens.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas28 mountains within 25 km
Palatine Hill51 m · 0.2 kmCapitoline Hill45 m · 0.4 kmAventine Hill47 m · 0.8 kmEsquiline Hill58 m · 1.0 kmQuirinal Hill50 m · 1.2 kmViminal Hill57 m · 1.2 kmVatican Hill75 m · 3.4 kmMonte Cavo950 m · 24 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 km
Observatory of the Collegio RomanoBortle 9 · 1.0 kmRome ObservatoryBortle 9 · 4.5 kmAstronomical Museum with PlanetariumBortle 9 · 6.6 kmKolleverde di Gvidoniya observatoryBortle 8 · 15 kmVatican ObservatoryBortle 8 · 21 km
Viewyas11 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Palatine Hill51 m · 0.2 kmCapitoline Hill45 m · 0.4 kmAventine Hill47 m · 0.8 kmEsquiline Hill58 m · 1.0 kmCaelian Hill50 m · 1.0 kmQuirinal Hill50 m · 1.2 kmViminal Hill57 m · 1.2 kmVatican Hill75 m · 3.3 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Lupercal0.3 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Tiber405 km · 239 m³/sAlmone

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Farnese Gardens (Rome) 2005
Radosław Botev · CC BY 3.0 pl
Farnesinische Gärten (Palatin) Norden
JTSH26 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Farnesinische Gärten (Palatin) Süden
JTSH26 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Farnese Gardens

Italy

  • 40Forestyas Score
  • 26%Trees
  • 48%Wild
  • 437Species

Garden of Ninfa

Italy · 52 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 62%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 183Species

See the guide

Villa Borghese gardens

Italy · 3 km

  • 45Forestyas Score
  • 27%Trees
  • 47%Wild
  • 937Species

See the guide

Villa Medicea of Poggio a Caiano

Italy · 244 km

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 31%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 339Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q996541) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species38,296 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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