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Marina di Minturno (LT) - Parte VI
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Gaeta (LT)
Gaeta is an Italian town of 20 545 inhabitants in the province of Latina in southern Lazio, belonging to the historical-geographical region of the Terra di Lavoro. It rises in the homonymous gulf on the Tyrrhenian Sea and is about 90 km from Naples and 120 km from Rome. The Garigliano and Volturno rivers flow into the Gulf of Gaeta, which extends from the Circeo promontory to Capo Miseno.
2017
Benedictine Abbey of Montecassino (FR)
The abbey of Montecassino is a Benedictine monastery located on the top of Montecassino, in Lazio. Since December 2014 the site has been managed by the Polo Museale del Lazio. The abbey of Montecassino is the oldest monastery in Italy together with the monastery of Santa Scolastica.
2022
Gaeta, Lazio, the Split Mountain.
According to the most famous legend, the Montagna Spaccata di Gaeta split into two large blocks of rock at the time of Christ's crucifixion, leaving an inlet to the clear waters of the Gulf. The waters of the Mediterranean poured into the rupture lines, forming underground caves and streams. The natural recess became an ideal hiding place for pirates since ancient times.
2023
Roma. The Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
The papal Liberian archpriest major archbasilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, known simply by the name of basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore or basilica Liberiana (because on its site it was thought there was a cult building erected by Pope Liberius, which however has been denied by investigations carried out under the pavement), is one of the four papal basilicas of Rome, located in Piazza dell'Esquilino on the top of the homonymous hill, on the top of the Cispio, between the Rione Monti and the Esquilino. It is the only basilica in Rome to have preserved the primitive paleo-Christian structure, albeit enriched by subsequent additions.
2022
Gaeta, Lazio. The Grotta del Turco
Grotta del Turco is so called, as in the ninth century the ships of the Saracens took refuge in the crevices of this strategic promontory, to attack ships in transit and plunder them.
2015
Amaseno (FR)
Amaseno (IPA: amaˈsɛːno, locally Masè) is an Italian town of 4,352 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone in Lazio. Church of San Pietro Apostolo; it dates back to the 14th century, in fact it is mentioned in some documents concerning the payment of taxes. Over the centuries the church underwent various changes, until 1749. In 1944 due to the bombing of the Second World War it was damaged and had to be restored. Some parts of the church are in the Gothic style. It has three naves and an 18th century apse. Church of Santa Maria dell'Auricola; it is located on the Auricola hill on a height of 270 meters. It dates back to the 13th century, in fact the church is mentioned in some documents of Pope Honorius II towards the beginning of the 13th century. According to some hypotheses, the church was founded by Cistercian monks. In 1893 the church passed into the hands of some bishops, who in turn entrusted it to the Franciscan fathers who had it restored. Like many other churches in the area, it suffered a lot of damage in the Second World War. Now the church is in the hands of the Curia of Ferentino. Church of Santa Maria Assunta; consecrated in 1177, it was probably completed at the end of the 13th century, the year in which the pulpit made by Pietro and Giacomo Gullimari de Piperno (Priverno) is dated. The church, which shows numerous Cistercian features, both in the plan and in the architectural sculpture, preserves interesting medieval and modern works of art inside. It also possesses the prodigious Blood of San Lorenzo martyr which melts on the occasion of the feast (10 August)
2017
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2014
Terracina, Temple of Jupiter Anxur
The temple of Jupiter Anxur is a Roman temple built on an imposing construction of the 1st century BC. on Mount Sant'Angelo, in the city of Terracina, in the province of Latina.
2023
Cassino. The Benedictine Abbey of Montecassino.
The abbey of Montecassino is a Benedictine monastery located on the top of Montecassino, in Lazio. It is the oldest monastery in Italy together with the monastery of Santa Scolastica.
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