Monster Park

THE BOMARZO MONASTERY PARK

The Parco dei Mostri, also known as Sacro Bosco or Villa delle Meraviglie di Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo is an Italianmonumental complex. It is a natural park adorned with numerous basalt sculptures dating back to the 16th century and depicting mythological animals, deities and monsters. The park covers an area of ​​about 3 hectares, in a coniferous forest. Inside there are a large number of sculptures of various sizes representing mythological animals, but also buildings that reflect the classical world and / or cancel the rules of perspective or aesthetics, in order to confuse the visitor. The original purpose with which the park was built is unknown: over the course of time numerous hypotheses have been formulated that would see the place as an "initiatory path".