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2018
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.
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.
2017
Marina di Minturno (LT) - Sunset
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)
2024
Bracciano. The Orsini-Odescalchi Castle
It is located in the municipality of Bracciano and dates back to the 15th century. Composed of three circles of external walls, it has five towers, one for each vertex of the external fortification.
2023
Roma. The Papal Basilica of S. Paul Outside the Walls
The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is one of the four papal basilicas of Rome. It rises along the Via Ostiense, in the district of the same name, near the left bank of the Tiber.
2024
Tyrrhenian sea, Lazio, Italy. Spectacular sunset
2015
Cistercian Abbey of Casamari (FR)
Casamari Abbey is one of the most important Italian monasteries of Cistercian Gothic architecture. It was built in 1203 and consecrated in 1217. It is located in the territory of the municipality of Veroli, in the province of Frosinone. In June 1957 Pope Pius XII elevated the abbey church to the dignity of a minor basilica.
2017
Marina di Minturno (LT) - Parte III
2015
Collepardo (FR) - The Charterhouse of Trisulti
The Charterhouse of Trisulti is a monastery located in the municipality of Collepardo, in the province of Frosinone. It has been a national monument since 1873. Since December 2014 it has been managed by the Lazio Museum Complex. It is located among oak woods, in the so-called Selva d'Ecio, at the foot of Mount Rotonaria (Monti Ernici), at an altitude of 825 m and 6 km north-east of the town. Immersed in the green of centuries-old forests lies this famous and majestic Certosa, founded in 1204 by the will of Pope Innocent III and entrusted, since 1208, to the Carthusian monks (hence the name "Certosa"). In 1947 they were replaced by the Cistercian monks of the Congregation of Casamari. In 2018 the Ministry of Cultural Heritage entrusted it in concession to the "Dignitatis Humanae Institute" Association. Inside it is possible to visit the Church with valuable works of art, the ancient Pharmacy of the seventeenth century. , the gardens, the refectory, the large cloister and the small cloister with the ancient cemetery of the monks.
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