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Cataracta Curia

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Welcome to the CATARACTA CURIA Reate’s Wonder of the World Since the end of the Sabine Wars, when Rome’s territory was extended to include Upper Sabinium and lands beyond, all the way to the Adriatic Sea, the Cataracta Curia has stood out as a tribute to one Roman’s devotion to the welfare of the plebs, and a love of nature. Following his first year as consul, Manius Curius Dentatus, the man who subdued the last Sabine insurrection, oversaw the draining of a section of the lacus Velinus and the channeling of its waters over a cliff and into the river Nar. By drying out the low-lying fields around Reate, not only did Curius Dentatus create the first Wonder of the Roman World, he also made available countless iugera of arable farmland. Today, the plain’s fertility is renowned all over Italy, earning it the name of Campus Rosea. “Caesar Vopiscus, when pleading a cause before the Censors, said that the fields of Rosia are the very marrow of Italy, and that a stake, left in the ground there one day, would be found covered by the grass the next.” Pliny, Natural History XVII, 3. Visitors to the Cataracta Curia may wander through the Park Estate at their discretion, every day of the year. Admittance is free. The Park Intendant recommends that visitors begin their tour at the top of the waterfall (Upper Balcony) and work their way down. All are warmly requested to keep to the protected paths for their own safety. Park Authorities shall under no circumstances whatsoever be held liable for adults, children, animals or slaves, nor any inanimate objects, that tumble into the waterfall. For the sake of convenience, the Park Estate has been divided into four sections : the Upper Balcony, the Plateau (Intermediate Level), the Grottoes and the Lower Balcony. To begin your tour at the Upper Balcony, please follow the Purple Trail. To begin your tour at the Lower Balcony, please follow the Red Trail. Enjoy your visit.

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