📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
"Il riccio" Legambiente was born in 1998. It represents Castelli Romani's local section of Lazio Legambiente. The tasks are different: to denounce illegal and illicit activities, to promote and sensitize citizens even with scholastic projects such as promoting visits among archeological and botanic routes/tracks. The association also preserves the ancient route called "Appia" in particular from "Appia X Miglio" up to "Appia XI Miglio".
💼 What the programme involves
The project will take place in Albano Laziale, a municipality included in the Regional Park Castelli Romani. Legambiente works in the area for the safeguard of biodiversity and valorisation of historical assets. The workcamp”™s aim is the restoration of Villa Corsini's age-old gardens, erected in the mid-18th century through the Appian Way near Ariccia by the Corsini family. Legambiente.
During the workcamp the volunteers will be involved in several kinds of manual works as: Â cleaning, gardening and Villa Corsini's maintenance
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be hosted in the building of the public school in Albano. There will be a catering service for them.
📍 About the location
Albano Laziale is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Rome on the Alban Hills, far 25 kilometers from Rome. Albano is one of the most important municipalities of the Castelli Romani and a busy commercial centre. It was also a suburbicarian bishopric since the 5th century, a historic principality of the Savelli family, and from 1699 to 1798 the inalienable possession of the Holy See. It now houses, among other things, the Praetor of the district court of Velletri. The territory of Albano is included in the Regional Park of Castelli Romani. The main hydrographic feature is Lake Albano