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Ferentino (Fr) : A walk through history
Ferentino is a town and comune in Italy, in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, 65 km southeast of Rome.
The Cathedral of Ferentino.It is situated on a hill 400 m above sea-level, in the Monti Ernici area.
Ferentinum was a town of the Hernici; it was captured from them by the Romans in 364 BC and took no part in the rising of 306 BC. The inhabitants became Roman citizens after 195 BC, and the place later became a municipium. It lay just above the Via Latina and, being a strong place, served for the detention of hostages.
From 1198 to 1557 it was the seat of the Papal rectorate of Campagna and Marittima province.
After World War II Ferentino experienced a strong industrial growth.
Ferentino still possesses considerable remains of ancient fortifications. The lower portion of the outer walls, which probably did not stand free, is built of roughly hewn blocks of a limestone which naturally splits into horizontal layers; above this in places is walling of rectangular blocks of tuff. Two gates, the Porta Maggiore, a double gate constructed entirely of rectangular blocks of tuff, and the Porta Sanguinaria (with an arch with tuff voussoirs), are preserved. Outside this gate is the testament of Aulus Quinctilius Priscus inscribed in the rock.
The highest part of the town, the acropolis, is fortified also; it has massive retaining walls similar to those of the lower town. At the eastern corner, under the present episcopal palace, the construction is somewhat more careful. A projecting rectangular terrace has been erected, supported by walls of quadrilateral blocks of limestone arranged almost horizontally; while upon the level thus formed a building of rectangular blocks of local travertine was raised. The projecting cornice of this building bears two inscriptions of the period of Sulla, recording its construction by two censors (local officials); and in the interior, which contains several chambers, there is an inscription of the same censors over one of the doors, and another over a smaller external aide door. The windows lighting these chambers come immediately above the cornice, and the wall continues above them again. The whole of this construction probably belongs to one period.
Ferentino è un comune di 20.985 abitanti della provincia di Frosinone.
Le origini di Ferentino sono antichissime ed avvolte nel mito; la leggenda ne ascrive la fondazione al dio Saturno che, scacciato dallOlimpo, si insedio in questo territorio ubertoso ove fondò città e diffuse le arti e le tecniche.
Letimologia stessa del nome Ferentinum (participio presente del verbo latino fero: produrre) fornisce una idea precisa riguardo la fertilità del luogo e lingegnosità delle gente che lo abitava. Ferentino gode di una posizione geografica eccezionale, sulla sommità di un colle che domina lampia vallata del fiume Sacco, crocevia di importanti vie di comunicazione sia nella direttrice Nord-Sud (dal Lazio alla Campania) che Est-Ovest (dal Tirreno allAdriatico) .
Per questo motivo è sempre stata al centro dei più importanti fatti della storia, dai tempi antichissimi sino ai nostri giorni: di qui sono passati i grandi eserciti della storia e qui hanno soggiornato molti Papi ed Imperatori.
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Alatri (Italy) Travel
Take a tour of Italian Town of Alatri in Alatri, Italy - part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.
Ancient remains and rolling green hills mark the town of Alatri in the southern Lazio region of Italy.
This town is believed to have been an inhabited settlement since as early as the 2nd millennium BC.
It is known for its timeworn limestone monuments, including stone fortifications, churches and castles.
After having sat in a state of decay from many years, it was brought back to life when in the 12th century it briefly served as the seat of the Pope.
Ruins of megalithic wall made from stones which have been cut to slide together without the use of mortar, spans the circumference of the city.
Though it suffered heavy civilian casualties and damage during World War II, it has since been renewed as a city filled with history and culture.
Rocchettine Castle, Italy
Sitting atop a hill, the abandoned Rocchettine castle keeps a watchful eye on the sleepy Italian villa of Rocchette. Rocchette and Rocchettine are situated in what must be one of the most beautiful parts of the Sabina, a deep rocky gorge carved out by the River Laia. The two fortified villages, the first still inhabited and the second recently abandoned, dominate opposite sides of the gorge. Church bells still ring hourly from the quiet town below, as the murmurs of townspeople going about their daily lives quietly echo through the medieval castle walls.
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SPOT - COMUNE DI VETRALLA - Italy
Vetralla
Abitata dagli Etruschi e dai Romani subì, come altri paesi, molteplici invasioni e saccheggi, favoriti dalla vicinanza con la via Cassia.
Per questo, a ridosso del Medioevo, venne innalzata un'imponente cinta muraria, proprio con lo scopo di scoraggiare eventuali attacchi.
L'immane opera non spaventò però la potente Viterbo, che voleva a tutti i costi impadronirsi di una vasta distesa boschiva donata a Vetralla da Innocenzo III nel 1206. visitlazio.com
Best Restaurant in Cassino, Italy
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Driving around the streets of Frosinone, Italy the day after Christmas
Driving around the streets of Frosinone, Italy the day after Christmas
Molise Region Travel
Molise Region Travel - Molise (pronounced [moˈliːze]) is a region of Southern Italy, the second smallest of the regions. It was formerly (until 1963) part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise (with Abruzzo) and now a separate entity. The region covers 4,438 km² and has a population of about 300,000.
Molise is the newest Italian region, since it was established in 1963, when the region Abruzzi e Molise was split in two. It became effective only in 1970.
Economy
Though there is a large Fiat plant (Termoli), the industrial sector is dominated by the building industry with small and medium-sized firms spread widely throughout the region. Another important industry is food processing: pasta, meat, milk products, oil and wine are the traditional products of the region. In the services sector the most important industries are distribution, hotels and catering, followed by transport and communications, banking and insurance. With few exceptions, in all sectors firms are small, and this explains the difficulties encountered when marketing products on a national scale.[1]
After the earthquake of 2002 some of the communities in Molise became the focus of a generous government policy which contributed state money to individuals willing to make their homes more resistant to seismic activity. Larino, near Termoli, was a particular beneficiary of this policy and the town, already one of the most beautiful in the province, has been transformed. It was policy to return the houses to their historical colours and, based on careful research, the structures were painted in a range of soft pastel tones. As a result Larino has become an important centre for tourism and scores of expatriates from all over the world are returning to live in the revived centro storico (antique centre).
International tourism is becoming more evident largely as a result of the international flights from other European states, Great Britain, and North America which enter Pescara not far to the north in Abruzzo. The tourists are attracted by large expanses of unspoiled beaches, a relative lack of congestion, and the gentle pace of life.
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