Three canisters of diesel fuel, four
hunting rifle cartridges and a threatening letter were found
outside the HQ of the Carabinieri park rangers in the Circeo
National Park and nature reserve on Sunday.
The rangers got the solidarity of Deputy Premier Luigi Di
Maio and Environment Minister Sergio Costa, among others.
The Parco Nazionale del Circeo (National Park of Circeo) was
founded by Benito Mussolini in 1934.
It occupies a strip of coastal land from Anzio to Terracina,
including also a sector of forest in the mainland of San Felice
Circeo, and the island of Zannone.
The park was established to preserve the last remains of the
Pontine Marshes which were being reclaimed in that period.
It is the only national park in Italy to occupy only a plain
and coastal area.
In ancient times the promontory of Mt Circeo was believed to
be the island where the sorceress Circe turned Odysseus's men
into swine.
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