Tour Bracciano

1) Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano:

Administrative and representative center of the noble families that it used to belong to, the Castle narrates its centuries long history through antique weapons, furniture, painting, books and manuscripts, decorations and frescos. Past popes and kings, marriages and battles, prince Baldassarre Odescalchi and architect Raffaello Ojetti open a new chapter of the Caste's history: at the beginning of the 1900s a series of major renovation works restored the antique walls, rooms, and gardens to their former glory. Open to the public since 1952 by will of prince Livio IV Odescalchi, today the Castle of bracciano is a dynamic environment: a museum but also a even hosting location and it under constant conservation care. Ever since great focus was put on the importance of conservation of artisic and cultural heritage during the management of princess Maria Pace Odescalchi the Castle has be under uninterrupted accurate care. Through the years it has been hosting a great number of visitors including not only curious tourists but also scientists and reserachers.

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2)  Bracciano lake:

The bracciano lake, originally called Lake Sabatino (latin: Lacus Sabatinus) is a volcanic lake situated in the north of the provence of Rome. With the surface of about 22 square miles it's the eight largest lake in Italy (third in central Italy preceeded by lake Trasimeno and lake Bolsena). It's almost 540 feet deep, which makes it the sixth deepest lake in Italy (first in central Italy) . The lake doesn't have any isles but a small river, Arrone, originates from its south-easters side to fall into the Tirraneum See in Maccarese, and a few miles east there's another, smaller vulcanic lake called Martignano. Along the lake shore there rise the towns of Bracciano on the west, of Anguillara Sabazia on the south-east, and of Trevignano Romano on the North. Finally, a part of the eastern shore is part of the Rome district. Both lakes of Bracciano and Martignao are a well-known touristic and holiday site. In 1999 the area had been declared Regional Park by the name of Regional Park of Bracciano-Martignano.

3) Italian Air Force Museum in Vigna di Valle:

The aviation museum is seated in the oldest Italian seaplane base of Vigna di Valle situated on the southern shore of the Bracciano lake. It was there where, in 1904 Major Mario Maurizio Moris, recognized father of italian aviation, had the first Experimental Aviation Construction Site settled. It was there, where the first italian zeppelin, N.1, work of engineers Gaetano Arturo Crocco and Ottavio Ricaldoni, had taken flight. The museum, an idea thought up and later achieved by the Armed Forces to provide an adequate location for treasures of italian avionics history, is seated inside the structures pertaining to the old seaplane base, the only site of this kind in Italy that had kept it's original architecture intact. The Italian Air Force Museum, with its 140 000 square feet indoor exposition surface is one of the largest and most interesting aviation museums in the world. Seated in four great hangars, the Museum hosts over 60 planes and a remarkable collection of engines and various aviation memorablia that document, in cronological order, the history of the Italian Air Force and the men who were part of it. The tour takes ous through sectors dedicated to aviation pioneers, zeppelins, WWI, the era of polar flights of General Nobile, Massa's great cruises, the Schneider cup, planes of the era beetween wars, WWII and the great airplanes to terminate in the last hangar exploring the rebirth of a post-bellic Italian Air Force including the contemporary jet planes.

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