Spighe Verdi
Spighe Verdi in Lazio
4 towns
Lazio holds 4 Spighe Verdi sites inside our catalogue. They cluster in the Latina and Roma provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Canale Monterano, Sabaudia, and San Felice Circeo. 1 more town carries the mark alongside them.
Canale Monterano
Province: Roma · 376 m
A hilltop village next to the burned ghost town of Monterano, where Bernini's San Bonaventura and the Baroque fountain stand roofless.
Sabaudia
Province: Latina · 17 m
A rationalist city built in 253 days on drained Pontine marshland, founded 15 April 1934 between Lago di Paola and the Tyrrhenian dunes.
San Felice Circeo
Province: Latina · 100 m
A medieval borgo on the flank of Monte Circeo, the 540-meter promontory Homer made the home of Circe in the Odyssey.
Gaeta
Province: Latina · 2 m
The promontory port where the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies fell in February 1861 and the south of Italy stopped existing as a state.
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