It’s a worldwide famous and historical park, located in Central Italy, and because of its

beauty and uniqueness was even acknowledged as a Natural Monument.

Ninfa was a substantial town going back to the times of the Romans. However, during the
Middle Ages the town was squabbled over, sacked, beset by malaria and eventually Ninfa was
abandoned to the elements. A neglected part of the estate of the aristocratic Caetani family,
Ninfa was left to slumber until the twentieth century when descendents transformed the
town's ruins into a botanical garden. The last owner, Lelia Caetani, left the garden to a
foundation who now run the site

Elements

Garden roses

A white climbing rose

Medieval ruins

Cypresses

Tree and roses

Santa Maria Maggiore

Rose bushes

Ruins with climbing plants

Garden of Ninfa ancient stone bridge

Lavandula close-up

The ruins of the medieval village

The stream and meadows

The Macello bridge

Old arch from the Santa Maria Maggiore church

The river

Ruins of an ancient house

Spread out over eight hectares, this romantic English-style garden has over 10,000
shrubs, plants and flowering trees from all over the world growing among
the mediaeval ruins, while the river Ninfa forms a lake in the garden. 

Ninfa is located on a major flyway of birds migrating from Africa to Europe. The garden, the river
and the lake house a rich variety of fauna, including the brown trout, the Mediterranean
trout, Salmo cettii, and 152 species of birds. In 1976, under the auspices of the World Wildlife
Fund, approximately 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres) within the garden were set aside as a wildlife
sanctuary,[17] with brush plantings and wetland creation to encourage birds to nest, and 15
hectares (37 acres) of reestablished native
vegetation. Teals, mallards, gadwalls, herons, lapwings and some raptors have since been
observed there.[17]
The Garden of Ninfa is a landscape garden in the territory of Cisterna di Latina, in the province
of Latina, central Italy. The park has an area of 105 hectares (260 acres), and is an Italian natural
monument.[1] The landscape garden within the park comprises 8 hectares (20 acres) and
contains medieval ruins, several oaks, cypresses and poplars, grassy meadows, a wide range of
exotic plants from various parts of the world, numerous watercourses and a large variety of
rambling roses growing over the stone walls of the ruins. The site is run by the
Italian foundation Fondazione Roffredo Caetani. It is open to the public at set times from April to
November. Nearby towns include Norma and Sermoneta. Ninfa has been described as "the most
romantic garden in the world".