The garden is populated by macabre and grotesque sculptures intended not to yo but to shock visitors.
For this reason there seems little order to how the place is organized.
Some believe that sculpture is a reference to the invasion of Italy by Hannibal in 218 BC.
After Vicino died in 1584, the sacred grove was forgotten and overgrown with creepers.
Eventually the place was dubbed “The Grove of the Monsters.”
Soon after, the park was bought by Giovanni Bettini and restored to a major tourist attraction.
