San Felice Circeo
San Felice Circeo | ||
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Comune di San Felice Circeo | ||
ISTAT code 059025 | | |
Patron saint | San Felice Martire | |
Saint day | July 29 | |
Website | Official website |
San Felice Circeo is a town and comune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It was an ancient city called Circeii. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[3]
It is included in the Circeo National Park. Sites include the Grotta Guattari, one of the oldest Neanderthal sites in Italy, in which remains of nine Neanderthals were discovered.[4]
Capo Circeo Lighthouse is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the old town.
History
In the treaty signed between Carthage and Rome in 509 BC, the Carthaginians agreed not to harm Circeii.[5]
In 209 BC, during the
The Roman
In September 1975 the so called Circeo massacre took place in San Felice Circeo, the murder and rape of two young women which received a lot of media attention in Italy.
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.
- ^ "Lazio" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Archaeologists discover remains of nine Neanderthals near Rome". The Washington Post. 8 May 2021.
- ^ Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Mediterranean Civilization (London: Penguin Books, 2011), p. 94.
- ^ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 27.9
- ^ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 29.15
- ^ Jochen Bleicken, Augustus: The Biography Translated by Anthea Bell (London: Penguin Books, 2015), p. 198
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