Bosco della Fontana state nature reserve

A biogenetic nature reserve since 1976, Bosco della Fontana is an almost flat square of woodland with sides measuring approximately 1.5 km. Almost in the middle of the forest is a 17C hunting-lodge built by Vincenzo I, Duke of Mantua. Close by is a spring, the ‘Fontana’ after which the wood is named.

The reserve is also the site of the state forestry corps’ scientific research centre, which monitors the level of biodiversity in Italy’s forests.