Latium is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria,
Abruzzo, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea.The regional capital is Rome.
In Roman mythology, Latium is an alternate name for Latinus, who gave his
name to the above region. Latium is the region that surrounds the city which a frame that is all history
and landscape.The landscape is history in its own right, the product of men and
men's activities, their thoughts and their imagination, forming a symbiosis of
landscape, history and art. The land is washed by a blue sea, with a whole archipelago lying just
a few miles off the coast. It is a harsh land, which only seems to be unknown.
Hills and gorges, karst caves and extinct volcanoes,
cliffs and caves by the sea, are perhaps the most artistic aspect of the work of
nature; solitary sanctuaries and tumble-down churches, dead towns and little
villages perched on high spurs of tufa, poles of art and faith bear witness to
man's ascendancy over the environment.
Latium is extremely important for history, art, architecture, archaeology,
religion, culture in general.
In its heart lies Rome, the
Eternal City, which calls people from all over to see its Roman ruins,
Renaissance squares and baroque churches. Rome is a compendium, illustrating the
evolution of architecture from Roman times to the present day. The immense patrimony of the city of Rome is only
a part of the real treasure that is spread over the hundreds of towns, villages,
abbeys, churches, monuments, and other sites of the region.
And since man's work is commonly
considered an art, we may say that, in the variegated and complicated territory
of Latium, man compares well with nature, equalling its beauty.
Walk the streets, try to visit
some of beautiful historical places, but most important catch the atmosphere,
the spirit of real everyday life of legendary Rome.
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