Latina (province) Voyage Tips and guide

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Latina is a province of the Lazio Region of Italy. Latina offers the famous seaside resorts of Sabaudia, Circeo, Sperlonga, Gaeta and Terracina. There are also the natural jewels of the Circeo and Lepini Mountains national parks that offer a notable historical and architectural heritage, with numerous medieval villages, with a peaceful and serene appearance. The Abbeys of Valvisciolo and Fossanova are rich in history and culture. The Pontine islands and Monte San Biagio are destinations for many tourists.

• 41.46612.9041 Latina — Capital of the province, it was founded in 1932 by the fascist government and features fascist architecture
• 41.358513.42832 Fondo — Old city with an imposing castle that was the seat of the noblewoman Giulia Gonzaga and her court during the last Renaissance period.
• 41.25813.6083 Formia — The city where Cicero, the Rome's most revered statesman, spent his final days before being murdered by two soldiers on the orders of Marc Antony.
• 41.21313.5774 Gaeta — A walled harbour set on the slopes of Monte Orlando, a promontory jutting into the Tyrrhenian Sea.
• 41.40913.4625 Lenola — A traditional village on the hills overlooking a bewitching crescent of scenery, including the Fondi lake and the coastal strip from Terracina to Sperlonga.
• 41.46666713.1833336 Priverno — important mainly because of the Abbey of Fossanova
• 41.549412.98497 Sermoneta — A charming walled hill village with a castle at its peak
• 41.255813.43468 Sperlonga — The prettiest resort on the Lazio coast that had been the summer residence of Emperor Tiberius.
• 41.290313.24839 Terracina — A pleasant seaside resort renowned for its ancient quarter and the Roman Temple of Jove Anxur on a cliff edge overlooking the city center and the ancient Appian Way.
• 41.30113.02610 Sabaudia — A beach town among extensive sand dunes and salt marshes.
• 41.41613.2411 Sonnino — Old city with an imposing castle.

• 41.37713.5541 Aurunci Mountains Natural Park — A park in the southernmost portion of the Latium region across the Aurunci and the Ausoni Mounts.
• 41.5827912.955532 Garden of Ninfa — Created by a Roman nobleman in 1921, in the English garden style, Ninfa has been described as "the most romantic garden in the world".
• 41.2313.0683 Mount Circeo — A 541-m-high promontory connected with the Greek myth of Circe, the goddess of magical potions mentioned in Homer's Odyssey.
• 41.3413.0444 National Park of Circeo — The last remains of the Pontine Marshes, once occupying much of what is now the province of Latina.
• 40.89312.9625 Ponza — The largest of the Pontine Islands.

Fossanova Abbey is a Cistercian abbey built between 1163 and 1208 near Priverno.