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	Visiting the Park

	The Park

Antonio Cederna

The power of words

Antonio Cederna The opposition to this savage concreting was made by a small group of architects, town planners, journalists: intellectuals guided by Antonio Cederna's indefatigable work of condemnation and that of the association Italia Nostra. It was a battle that was to last for decades. As late as 1960 the town plans limited the public park area to a few metres to each side of the road. In 1965 the ministry for public works designated 2500 hectares of the territory around the Appia Antica as a public park, but the government overturned this ruling. In the '70s and '80s the fight to protect and conserve gained more supporters amongst the public and associations. The call for a Park to be formed became more urgent. In 1979 the Mayor Argan took up the proposal to create a extensive archaeological Park in the middle of Rome to be joined to that of the Appia Antica. This was another arduous phase in the struggle, but despite numerous difficulties and the political and legal obstacles, the birth of the Park drew nearer. In 1988 Lazio Region approved the institution of the Parco Regionale dell'Appia Antica. In 1993 Cederna was nominated President of the consortium for the Appia Antica Park and he fought hard to get the Park project off the ground.

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	>	What is the Park?

	>	The Borders

	>	Via Appia

	>	The major road of the Empire
	>	In St. Peter’s Heritage
	>	New owners, new spoliation
	>	The first protection projects
	>	The years of cement

	>	Antonio Cederna and the Park Establishment

	>	Biography

	>	Archaeology and Monuments

	>	A priceless heritage

	>	Environment and Landscape

	>	The presence of man
	>	Feud and latifundium
	>	The “Romantic” landscape
	>	The 20th century between destruction and conservation

	>	Flora and Fauna

	>	Caffarella casket
	>	Fauna

	>	Who is the owner of the Park?

	>	Regulations

	>	Statute

	>	Management Plan

	>	The Park history

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