Cisterna di Latina
Cisterna di Latina | |
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| Comune di Cisterna di Latina | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Cisterna di Latina  | |
St. Roch | |
| Saint day | August 16 |
| Website | Official website |
Cisterna di Latina is a town and comune in the province of Latina in Lazio, of central Italy. It was the scene of the Battle of Cisterna in January 1944.
The Garden of Ninfa is located in the commune's territory.
The town, then known as Tres Tabernae ("The Three Taverns")
History
At Finocchione, in the territory of Cisterna, traces of prehistoric human presence have been discovered.[5] In historic times, the Volsci founded here their still unidentified centre called Ulubrae, although the lost city of Suessa Pometia could also have been located nearby. Ulubrae is mentioned by Horace, Pliny the Elder, Suetonius, Cicero and Juvenal, referring to the numerous patrician villas built here. According to Suetonius, Augustus lived here in his family villa until the age of eighteen.[5]
A village, called
The inhabitants moved to a small hill nearby, which is mentioned for the first time around 1000 AD as Terra di Cisterna, which, according to tradition, stemmed from
In 1504
In the early 19th century, a
During
Main sights
- Gardens of Ninfa
- Palazzo Caetani, built in 1560-1574 by cardinal Bonifazio Caetani under design of Francesco da Volterra, above the remains of the Frangipani castle. Damaged during World War II by allied bombings, it houses frescoes by Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, Federico Zuccari and Taddeo Zuccari. A museum in the interior is dedicated to the horse and its shepherding in the area, with works by Aligi Sassu and others. The grottoes beneath it, traditionally the cisterns whence the city's name came though more likely ancient quarries of tuff and pozzolan later used as catacombs, are still partially unexplored.
- Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo
- Convent of Convento di Sant'Antonio Abate, now abandoned. It also houses frescoes by Girolamo and by the Zuccari brothers. The cloister has frescoes with episodes of St. Francis' life.
- Archaeological area of Tres Tabernae(closed)
- Volscian archaeological area of Caprifico di Torrecchia, including a temple of Minerva
- Natural monument of Tenuta di Torrecchia Vecchia, a private garden and residential area designed by Gae Aulenti and others
Twin towns – sister cities
Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, since 1984
Grombalia, Tunisia, since 2003
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ IAT Latina Tursimo, Itinerario Latina-Cori-Roccamassima-Ninfa-Norma-Sermoneta-Bassiano-Latina-Aprilia – Cisterna; accessed 2014.04.02.
- Acts28:15.
- ^ a b "Page at Latina da scoprire website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^ "S. Paolo alle Tre Taverne". Archived from the original on 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
External links
- Official website (in Italian)
