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Terracina tourism, sea and holidays
The oldest finds in the area refer to material found in prehistoric cave of the Chain at Pisco Montano.
Legend has learned, quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, the city was founded by refugees from Sparta. In mythology was identified with the country of Lestrigons or the seat of Circe (Odyssey). The city was probably originally a center Ausonius, built on two small hills in Mount Sant'Angelo: the higher up (the hill of St. Francis) had established the acropolis. The city was named Tarracina, their estimated pre-Indo-European origin and some have linked to Tarchna Etruscan word, by which the names of the Roman king Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius SuperboSembra that the city soon came under Roman, perhaps as early as the sixth century BC is in fact mentioned in the first treaty between Rome and Carthage, reported by Polybius. At the end of st century it was occupied by Volsci however, that gave it the name Anxur, as reported by Pliny. Conquered by the Romans in 406 BC There was derived in 329 BC Roman colony, which originally was called "Cologne Anxurnas. For Volsci or could refer the remains of Roman fortifications in polygonal. According to some in 316 BC took place near the town of Lautulae the battle, at the Second Samnite War. In 312 BC spent the Appian Way, which connected Rome with Capua and the city grew in importance beginning to expand into the plain, in connection with the exploitation of agricultural land, while the oldest town was gradually transformed into the monumental area. Important urban transformations occurred under Lucius Cornelius Sulla (early first century BC), who planned the construction of the theater and the reconstruction of the temple of Jupiter forms scenic Anxur on top of Mount Sant'Angelo. At this time we must also work in other buildings uncertain. Between the end of the first century BC and early first century A.D. there was the reconstruction of the "Forum Emiliano", which was paved by a local magistrate and the family of Aemilii with porches and new civil and religious buildings. At the time of Trajan must cut the Pisco Montano to a height of 128 Roman feet (37.88 m), which allowed the new route of the Via Appia, and the reconstruction of the port. In the early fifth century the city last speech on the erection of a new wall that enclosed the city too low. The Appian Way was again brought back into operation under Theodoric, who also undertaken for this purpose a reclamation of the Pontine Marshes, riformatesi due to lack of maintenance of drainage Roman. In the Byzantine era was an important military stronghold and the historian Procopius reports of deterioration of the road again in the sixth century. Eighth and ninth centuries was part of the Papal States and was concerned rising from the foundation of some urban churches and monasteries and shrines of martyrs outside the city. The militias of Pope Adrian I in 778 rejected the attempt to occupy the city conducted by the Byzantine ally to Gaeta Lombard duchy of Benevento. At the end of the tenth century Pope Sylvester II gave the city as a fief to Dauferio, Earl of Traetto. In 1074 the cathedral was solemnly consecrated by Bishop Ambrosius and here took place in 1088 the election of Pope Urban II. The city was affected by the struggle between the great Roman families, Crescenzi built a castle at the top, then conquered by Frangipane in 1153. These were then driven then in turn by a popular uprising in 1202: the castle was destroyed and the town was established. Under Pope Nicholas III, Terracina was captured by Count Anibaldo John De Cecco. In 1295 Pope Boniface VIII was elected mayor, who brought order and healed the city's finances. The city had grown up with walled villages outside the ancient walls, at the main doors and up the lower town. At this time dates the rebuilding of the cathedral and the erection of the tower houses of private citizens. The city was endowed with public buildings and sorting Roman citizen was based on town and not the division into parishes. During the residence of the Popes in Avignon in the fourteenth century the town opposed the Caetani of Fondi, who came to occupy the Sant'Angelo Monte in 1346 and were driven to action by the Genoese fleet. In the fifteenth century the city was part of the dominions of the King of Naples Ladislas and Joan II, but the return of Pope Martin V in papal Rome was restored to the pope in 1420.Terracina was reoccupied by King Alfonso I of Naples in 1435. The struggles between the factions in favor of the pope, the Aragonese and French caused the decline of the town and the end municipal autonomy: in 1499 the city was pacified by the intervention of Pope Alexander VI.
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Terracina tourism, sea and holidays
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The oldest finds in the area refer to material found in prehistoric cave of the Chain at Pisco Montano. Legend has learned, quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, the city was founded by refugees from Sparta. In mythology was identified with the country of Lestrigons or the seat of Circe (Odyssey). The city was probably originally a center Ausonius, built on two small hills in Mount Sant'Angelo: the higher up (the hill of St. Francis) had established the acropolis. The city was named Tarracina, their estimated pre-Indo-European origin and some have linked to Tarchna Etruscan word, by which the names of the Roman king Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius SuperboSembra that the city soon came under Roman, perhaps as early as the sixth century BC is in fact mentioned in the first treaty between Rome and Carthage, reported by Polybius. At the end of st century it was occupied by Volsci however, that gave it the name Anxur, as reported by Pliny. Conquered by the Romans in 406 BC There was derived in 329 BC Roman colony, which originally was called "Cologne Anxurnas. For Volsci or could refer the remains of Roman fortifications in polygonal. According to some in 316 BC took place near the town of Lautulae the battle, at the Second Samnite War. In 312 BC spent the Appian Way, which connected Rome with Capua and the city grew in importance beginning to expand into the plain, in connection with the exploitation of agricultural land, while the oldest town was gradually transformed into the monumental area. Important urban transformations occurred under Lucius Cornelius Sulla (early first century BC), who planned the construction of the theater and the reconstruction of the temple of Jupiter forms scenic Anxur on top of Mount Sant'Angelo. At this time we must also work in other buildings uncertain. Between the end of the first century BC and early first century A.D. there was the reconstruction of the "Forum Emiliano", which was paved by a local magistrate and the family of Aemilii with porches and new civil and religious buildings. At the time of Trajan must cut the Pisco Montano to a height of 128 Roman feet (37.88 m), which allowed the new route of the Via Appia, and the reconstruction of the port. In the early fifth century the city last speech on the erection of a new wall that enclosed the city too low. The Appian Way was again brought back into operation under Theodoric, who also undertaken for this purpose a reclamation of the Pontine Marshes, riformatesi due to lack of maintenance of drainage Roman. In the Byzantine era was an important military stronghold and the historian Procopius reports of deterioration of the road again in the sixth century. Eighth and ninth centuries was part of the Papal States and was concerned rising from the foundation of some urban churches and monasteries and shrines of martyrs outside the city. The militias of Pope Adrian I in 778 rejected the attempt to occupy the city conducted by the Byzantine ally to Gaeta Lombard duchy of Benevento. At the end of the tenth century Pope Sylvester II gave the city as a fief to Dauferio, Earl of Traetto. In 1074 the cathedral was solemnly consecrated by Bishop Ambrosius and here took place in 1088 the election of Pope Urban II. The city was affected by the struggle between the great Roman families, Crescenzi built a castle at the top, then conquered by Frangipane in 1153. These were then driven then in turn by a popular uprising in 1202: the castle was destroyed and the town was established. Under Pope Nicholas III, Terracina was captured by Count Anibaldo John De Cecco. In 1295 Pope Boniface VIII was elected mayor, who brought order and healed the city's finances. The city had grown up with walled villages outside the ancient walls, at the main doors and up the lower town. At this time dates the rebuilding of the cathedral and the erection of the tower houses of private citizens. The city was endowed with public buildings and sorting Roman citizen was based on town and not the division into parishes. During the residence of the Popes in Avignon in the fourteenth century the town opposed the Caetani of Fondi, who came to occupy the Sant'Angelo Monte in 1346 and were driven to action by the Genoese fleet. In the fifteenth century the city was part of the dominions of the King of Naples Ladislas and Joan II, but the return of Pope Martin V in papal Rome was restored to the pope in 1420.Terracina was reoccupied by King Alfonso I of Naples in 1435. The struggles between the factions in favor of the pope, the Aragonese and French caused the decline of the town and the end municipal autonomy: in 1499 the city was pacified by the intervention of Pope Alexander VI.
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