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Koordinaten: 41° 29′ 20″ N, 13° 48′ 47″ O

The Abbey of Montecassino located on a hill close to Cassino, was founded around 529 by St Benedict. Considered as an important centre of learning since the 8^th century, it became in the 11^th century one of the richest monastries in Europe. It was… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 44′ 33″ N, 13° 9′ 27″ O

Anagni, with the Duomo Santa Maria, is the birth place of the pope Boniface VIII in the 13^th century. The Crypt of San Magno has frescoes from the 12^th and 13^th centuries. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 5′ 39″ N, 12° 16′ 12″ O

Anguillara Sabazia is a town in the Lazio, around 30 km north-west of Rome. It nestles on a small cape on the coast of the Lake Bracciano. The lake owes its origin to intense volcanic activity from 600,000 to 40,000 years before present, which… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 43′ 16″ N, 12° 40′ 19″ O

Ariccia is a town and comune in the Province of Rome. It is in the Alban Hills of the Lazio region and could be considered an extension of Rome’s southeastern suburbs. One of the Castelli Romani towns, Ariccia is located in the regional park known… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 2′ 28″ N, 13° 1′ 11″ O

Arsoli, in the province of Rome, dates back to the 11^th century and has nice narrow ancient streets, a medieval centre still preserved, as well as a castle, once a possession of the Benedictine Order. The castle is built at the end of a spur,… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 44′ 18″ N, 12° 54′ 52″ O

Artena is a village 30 km of Rome, situated in the north-west of Monti Lepini, in the upper valley of the Sacco River. On the mountain above the village are the fine remains of the fortifications of a city built in a very primitive style, in… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 37′ 38″ N, 12° 6′ 43″ O

Bagnoregio is located about 90 km north-west of Rome and about 28 km north of Viterbo. Anciently it was called Novempagi and Balneum Regium, whence the medieval name of Bagnorea. During the barbarian invasions of Italy, between the 6^th and 9^th… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 38′ 47″ N, 11° 59′ 8″ O

Bolsena is a town in the province of Viterbo in northern Lazio on the eastern shore of Lake Bolsena. It is 10 km north-north west of Montefiascone and 36 km north-west of Viterbo. The ancient Via Cassia follows the lake shore for some distance,… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 29′ 30″ N, 12° 14′ 51″ O

The Parco dei Mostri in the Sacro Bosco close to Bomarzowas created between 1522 and 1580 by Duke Vicino Orsini. The park of Bomarzo was intended not to please, but to astonish. The sphinx at the entrance of the Park of the Monsters is the work of … [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 12′ 59″ N, 12° 25′ 9″ O

Calcata, in the Province of Viterbo, is located 50 km north of Rome over the valley of the Treja River. In the 1930s, the fortified centre was condemned by the government who feared that the volcanic cliffs would collapse. In the 1960s, the emptied… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 28′ 3″ N, 12° 54′ 16″ O

Cantalice is a town in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 70 km north-east of Rome and about 8 km north-east of Rieti. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 32′ 60″ N, 11° 54′ 39″ O

Capodimonte is a village in the Lazio, located about 90 km north-west of Rome and about 20 km north-west of Viterbo. It is on the south-western shore of Lake Bolsena. In contrast to the other communities on the lake, Capodimonte has a headland with… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 19′ 42″ N, 12° 14′ 14″ O

The Palazzo Farnese located in the medieval village of Caprarola was designed by Vignola and built between 1559 and 1575. It takes its pentagonal shape from the foundations of a fortress designed by Antonio da Sangollo. The frescoes are from the … [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 59′ 19″ N, 13° 4′ 0″ O

Cervara di Roma, located about 50 km east of Rome, was founded by Benedictine Monks in the 8^th or 9^th century. The historic centre of Cervara, this small picturesque hill town which faces the Simbruini Mountains, can only be reached by foot after a… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 0′ 22″ N, 12° 6′ 2″ O

The Necropolis della Banditaccia in Cerveteri, which has been declared by UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the necropolis in Tarquinia covers an area of 400 ha with a total of 1,000 tombs. It is the largest ancient necropolis in the… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 32′ 54″ N, 11° 43′ 25″ O

Farnese in the Province of Viterbo is located about 100 km north-west of Rome and about 35 km north-west of Viterbo and is the origin of the influential Farnese family in Renaissance Italy. Its most important members include Pope Paul III and the … [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 26′ 18″ N, 13° 11′ 43″ O

Fossanova Abbey is located about 100 km south-east of Rome. It is the finest example of a Cistercian Abbey and of the Burgundian Early Gothic style in Italy. It dates from the end of the 12^th to the end of the 13^th century. St Thomas Aquinas died… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 12′ 31″ N, 13° 35′ 13″ O

Gaeta is a city and municipality in the province of Latina, in Lazio. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is 120 km from Rome and 80 km from Naples. The town has played a conspicuous part in military history: its… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 50′ 6″ N, 12° 58′ 26″ O

Genazzano, is a town in the province of Rome, starting from the Monti Prenestini, ends on the Sacco River valley. In the 11^th century it was a fief of the Colonna family who, from their Baronal Palace, controlled the road from Naples to Rome. It is… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 42′ 27″ N, 12° 41′ 20″ O

Genzano di Roma is a town and comune in the province of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is one of the Castelli Romani, at a distance of 29 km from Rome, in the Alban Hills. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 47′ 8″ N, 12° 40′ 1″ O

Grottaferrata is a small town situated on the lower slopes of the Alban Hills, 20 km south east of Rome. The Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (also known as Abbazia di San Nilo) is one of the main monuments of Lazio. The monastery has several… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 46′ 8″ N, 12° 15′ 51″ O

The Isola Sacra Necropolis was the first large-scale pagan cemetery of Roman Imperial times to be excavated. The excavator-in-chief of most of Isola Sacra was Guido Calza. The necropolis was found on the manmade island of Isola Sacra, which lies… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 31′ 33″ N, 12° 47′ 60″ O

Labro, a municipality in the Italian region Latium, is located about 70 km north-east of Rome and about 15 km north-west of Rieti. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 56′ 0″ N, 12° 6′ 9″ O

Ladispoli occupies the area of the ancient Alsium, the port of the Etruscan city of Cerveteri. It was destroyed in the 6^th century, during the Gothic War, by the Ostrogoths led by Totila. Later a castle, named Palo, was built in the area. It was a… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 4′ 27″ N, 12° 54′ 5″ O

Licenza is a village located about 40 km north-east of Rome. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 31′ 60″ N, 11° 55′ 0″ O

Marta ist eine Gemeinde in der Provinz Viterbo in der italienischen Region Latium, etwa 80 km nordwestlich von Rom und etwa 20 km nordwestlich von Viterbo. Marta grenzt an folgende Gemeinden: Capodimonte, Montefiascone und liegt am Südufer des … [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 32′ 27″ N, 12° 2′ 8″ O

Montefiascone is perched on the edge of a hill south-east of Lake Bolsena. The name of the city derives from that of the Falisci (Mons Faliscorum, “Mountain of the Falisci”). Later, it was controlled by the Etruscans. The first documents mentioning … [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 20′ 22″ N, 11° 56′ 43″ O

Norchia is an ancient Etruscan city with an adjacent necropolis which reached its high point between the 4^th and 2^nd centuries B.C. The tombs are generally constructed from large blocks of tuff carved directly into the cliff, and are entered from… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 34′ 57″ N, 12° 57′ 13″ O

In the valley bellow Sermoneta lays the abandoned village of Ninfa converted since 1921 in a garden. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 51′ 36″ N, 13° 1′ 50″ O

Olevano Romano is a municipality located about 45 km east of Rome. It is the birthplace of the composer Giovanni Gentile. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 45′ 22″ N, 12° 17′ 29″ O

As main port of the antic Rome, Ostia was a busy trading centre over 6 centuries until the 5^th century. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 35′ 29″ N, 13° 14′ 35″ O

Patrica is a village in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km south-east of Rome and about 10 km south-west of Frosinone. It is part of Ciociaria, not far from the Monti Lepini. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 40° 53′ 39″ N, 12° 57′ 54″ O

Isola Di Ponza is the largest of the Italian Pontine Islands (which are the remains of extinct volcanos), located 33 km south of Cape Circeo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The island was inhabited from Neolithic through Roman times. According to local… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 28′ 24″ N, 13° 10′ 55″ O

Priverno was a flourishing Volscian site near the Via Appia, conquered and destroyed by the Romans in the late 4^th century BC. It includes the Communal Palace of the 13^th century, with the Dolphin Fountain by Giuseppe Olivieri. Nearby is the Abbey… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 19′ 15″ N, 12° 41′ 38″ O

Roccantica is an Italian commune in the province of Rieti in the Lazio region. Roccantica is 68 km north of Rome and 35 km southwest of Rieti. It is located in the High Sabina, the mountainous region between Rieti and the valley of the Tiber. The… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 22′ 28″ N, 12° 37′ 31″ O

Rocchette is a village located in the heart of Sabina in the Lazio. A few kilometres from the border with Umbria, the twin strongholds of Rocchette and Rocchettine are overlooking the gorge of the Laia River. The environment around the… [Mehr dazu]

Rome is the capital of Italy and also of the homonymous province and of the region of Lazio. With 2.7 million residents in 1,285.3 km², it is also the country’s largest and most populated municipality and fourth most populous city in the European… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 15′ 40″ N, 12° 4′ 55″ O

San Guiliano is an Etruscan centre 2 km north-east of Barbarano Romano. The most important tombs found in the necropolis of Cuccumella del Caiolo are the Tumulus of Caiolo (Tumulo del Caiolo), the Tomb of the Beds (Tomba dei Letti), the Porched… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 52′ 59″ N, 12° 59′ 1″ O

San Vito Romano, a municipality in the Italian region Latium, is located about 40 km east of Rome. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 0′ 57″ N, 11° 57′ 25″ O

Santa Severa is part of the municipality of Santa Marinella, in the province of Rome. It is a small sea resort on the Via Aurelia, 8 km south of Santa Marinella and 50 km north of Rome. It takes its name from the 2^nd century Christian martyr. The… [Mehr dazu]

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Koordinaten: 41° 15′ 24″ N, 13° 26′ 10″ O

Sperlonga is a coastal town about half way between Rome and Naples. Surrounding towns include Terracina to the West, Fondi to the North, Itri to the North-East, and Gaeta to the East. Sperlonga was an ancient Roman resort: Emperor Tiberius built… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 14′ 23″ N, 12° 13′ 42″ O

Sutri (ancient Sutrium) occupied an important position on road into Etruria, the later Via Cassia. It came into the hands of Rome after the fall of Veii, and a Latin colony was founded there until it was lost again in 386 BC, recovered and… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 14′ 53″ N, 11° 46′ 26″ O

Tarquinia was the chief of the twelve cities of Etruria, and appears in the earliest history of Rome as the home of two of its kings, Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius Superbus. It is known for the Etruscan necropolises, with some 6,000 tombs, 60… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 17′ 30″ N, 13° 14′ 56″ O

Terracina was also called Volscian Anxur which is the name of Jupiter himself as a youth (Iuppiter Anxur or Anxurus), the tutelary god of the city. The construction of the Via Appia in 312 BC as well as the Via Severiana, from Ostia to Terracina,… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 41° 57′ 45″ N, 12° 47′ 49″ O

Tivoli, the classical Tibur, is an ancient town in Lazio, about 30 km from Rome, at the falls of the Aniene River, where it issues from the Sabine hills. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 12′ 44″ N, 12° 45′ 5″ O

Toffia is a village in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Lazio, located about 40 km north-east of Rome and about 25 km south-west of Rieti. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 9′ 11″ N, 11° 56′ 19″ O

Tolfa is a town of the Province of Rome. It is the main centre in the Tolfa Mountains, an extinct volcanic group between Civitavecchia and the Lake of Bracciano. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 40° 47′ 51″ N, 13° 26′ 1″ O

Ventotene, in Roman times known as Pandateria, is one of the Pontine Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 46 km off the coast of Gaeta right at the border between Lazio and Campania. The island, the remains of an ancient volcano, is elongated, with a… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 5′ 7″ N, 12° 13′ 6″ O

The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) is the air force of the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana). It has held a prominent role in modern Italian military history and its Aerobatic display team is the Frecce Tricolori. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 24′ 56″ N, 12° 6′ 5″ O

Viterbo is an ancient city approximately 80 km north of Rome on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and Monti Volsini. The historic centre of the city is surrounded by medieval walls, still intact, built during the 11^th and 12^th… [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 28′ 12″ N, 12° 10′ 28″ O

Vitorchiano is a village in the Latium, located about 70 km north-west of Rome and about 7 km north-east of Viterbo. [Mehr dazu]

Koordinaten: 42° 25′ 48″ N, 11° 37′ 54″ O

Vulci is an Etruscan city which began to expand in the 8^th century BC and was surrounded by a 6.5 km wall. [Mehr dazu]

Italy, officially Repubblica Italiana, is a country located partly on the European Continent and partly on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its… [Mehr dazu]