MAGIC FRAMES

NATURAL BEAUTY

THE CASCATA DELLE MARMORE

The Cascata delle Marmore (Marmore's Falls) is a man-made waterfull created by the ancien Romans. Its total height is 165 m (541 feet), making it one of the tallest in Europe and the tallest man-made waterfall in the world. Of its 3

sections, the top one is the tallest, at 83 m (272 feet).It is located 7.7 km from Terni , a provincial capital of the Italian region of

Umbria.Its source is a portion of the waters of the river Velino. (the rest of the river flows

into a hydroelectric power plant), after flowing through Piediluco lake near the community of Marmore. It pours into the valley below formed by the river Nera. Its flow is turned on and off according to a published schedule, to

satisfy the needs of tourists and the power company alike. Tourists try to be there the moment the gates are opened to see the powerful rush of water.

THE TALLEST WATERFALL IN EUROPE

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FOSSIL FOREST OF DUNAROBBA

The fossil forest consists of trees belonging to a fossil species of giant sequoiaprsente in Italy over a million Amni ago (in ancient Quaternary). The peculiarity of this forest is that trees were fossilized upright and not horizontal as in other fossil forests,already perceived as very rare, surviving. This feeds among the experts, the theorythat a flood has submerged trees alive, keeping them up to our days in the actual conditions of tempo.I fossils have impressive dimensions: 1.5 m in diameter and a height between 5 and 10 meters.