• Hunting in the Pontine Marshes, oil on canvas by Horace Vernet, 1833. Lake Fogliano, a coastal lagoon in the Pontine Plain.
  • Major reclamation works in the Maremma, the Campagna di Roma , and the Pontine Marshes in the early 20th century resulted in drainage and repopulation of...
  • Although the Appian Way emerged once again to its former position among the world’s highways, the entire Pontine Marsh system remained unconquered.
  • The Pontine Marshes (Central Italy) are known for their long drainage history starting early in Roman times and culminating in their reclamation...
  • The Pontine Marshes is an approximately quadrangular area of former marshland in the Lazio Region…
  • The Pontine Marshes of central Italy are believed to have given off a "drowsy euphoria" that may have had affected the curia and the "mysterious circumstances"...
  • Pontine Marshes pŏnˈtēn, –tīn [key], Ital. Pontina, low-lying region, c.300 sq mi (780 sq km), in S Latium, central Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the...
  • The Pontine marshes, 50 Km south of Rome, were at that time the most malarious area of continental Italy-today the area is one of the most fertile plains in the...
  • See where you can comfortably stay in the Pontine Marshes.