Lazio - Latium

The region Lazio (Italian: Lazio) is in Italy

Regions

Lazio consists of the provinces of Frosinone, Latina, Rieti, Rome and Viterbo. Travel regions are (from north to south):

• Northern Latium, about the area of ​​the province of Viterbo.
  • Monti Volsini
  • Monti Cimini
• Sabina, is essentially identified today with the area of ​​the province of Rieti.
  • Sabine Mountains(Monti Sabini), east of it
  • the Cicolano.
• Campagna Romana, the capital region between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Sabine Mountains, which is characterized by the Via Appia, numerous ancient grave monuments and aqueducts.
  • Monti Sabatini with the Lake Bracciano in the north of the Campagna.
  • In the south of the Campagna are the Albanian mountains(Colli Albani) with the Lake Albano.
• South Latium
  • Monti Simbruini
  • Monti Ernici
  • Ciociaria, covers about the northern half of the province of Frosinone.
  • Agro Pontino, Coastal plain between Aprilia and Terracina.
  • Monti Lepini
  • Monti Aurunci
• Pontine Islands

places

• Rome - Capital of Italy, once the center of the Roman Empire and, as the seat of the Popes, the center of Catholicism
• Civita di Bagnoregio - "the dying city", picturesque small town on a hill in northern Latium, which has hardly any inhabitants
• Frosinone
• Gaeta
• Lido di Ostia
• Rieti
• Tivoli
• Viterbo
• Civitavecchia

Other goals

background

language

getting there

In the region there are the two large airports Rome-Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci" (FCO) and Rome-Ciampino (CIA), which can be reached by direct flights from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Rome is the center of the Italian high-speed network (Le Frecce from Trenitalia and Italo the private railway NTV). The drive from Naples takes 1:10 hours, Florence 1½ hours, Bologna 2 hours, Milan 3 hours, Venice 3:45 hours, Turin 4 hours.

From the German-speaking area there are free night train connections with the ÖBB NightJet from Vienna via Klagenfurt and from Munich via Salzburg to Rome. Incidentally, you have to change at least once, usually in Milan (e.g. Zurich – Rome in just under 7 hours), Verona or Bologna (e.g. Munich – Rome in around 9 hours)

mobility

• Bus: COTRAL, Compagnia Trasporti Laziali spa, overland trips
• Train: Ferrovia Regionale Lazio,
  • FR1: places - Rome Tiburtina - Rome Fiumicino Airport
  • FR2: Rome Tiburtina - Lunghezza - (Pescara)
  • FR3: Rome - Viterbo
  • FR4: Rome - Ciampino - Frascati
  • FR5: Rome - Civitavecchia
  • FR6: Rome - Frosinone and Cassino
  • FR7: Rome - Latina
  • FR8: Rome - Nettuno

The tickets from Rome are also valid in the city area on the train (2nd class)

Tourist Attractions

• Rome is one of the most important European cultural metropolises with numerous sights of international importance (e.g. Colosseum, Roman Forum, Pantheon, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican Museums, Trevi Fountain)
• Via Appia Antica, the first kilometers of the ancient road that leads from Rome to the southeast, have been preserved as an archaeological site
• Villa d'Este in Tivoli: Magnificent Renaissance palace with artfully designed gardens and numerous fountains and water features

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  Coliseum

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  Pantheon

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  Via Appia Antica

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  Villa d'Este

• Villa Adriana near Tivoli: summer residence and old age residence of the Roman emperor Hadrian from the 2nd century AD.
• Sacro Bosco or Parco dei Mostri (Park of the Monsters), mannerist park with grotesque monumental sculptures Bomarzo (Viterbo Province)
• Ostia Antica: Excavation site of the former port city of ancient Rome
• Gaeta: small port town (province of Latina) with a picturesque old town, medieval castle, Romanesque cathedral with bell tower
• Civita di Bagnoregio: medieval town on a hill (only accessible via a narrow, old bridge). The city has only 7 permanent residents (hence the nickname "the dying city"), there are hardly any traces of modernity, so that the visit is like a journey through time

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  Villa Adriana

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  Parco dei Mostri

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  Ostia Antica

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  Gaeta

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  Civita di Bagnoregio

activities

kitchen

• Supplì are Italian nibbles that consist of a scoop of rice (generally risotto) with tomato sauce and are typical of Lazio cuisine. Originally they were filled with chicken, minced meat or provatura (a type of cheese from Latium), now mostly with a piece of mozzarella. The croquette is dipped in egg, coated with breadcrumbs and then fried. Supplì can also be prepared without tomato sauce (supplì in bianco "supplì of the white type"). Supplì are eaten with the fingers.
• Bucatini all’amatriciana is a typical pasta dish from Lazio. Bucatini are pasta with a thin hole (similar to macaroni, but longer and thinner). They are paired with a slightly spicy tomato sauce with guanciale (pork cheek bacon), peperoncini and pecorino cheese. The sauce is named after the town of Amatrice in the east of Lazio (which was badly damaged in the 2016 and 2017 earthquakes). In Rome the sauce is made too alla matriciana called, which sounds the same, but means something like "mother's way". Spaghetti is sometimes used instead of bucatini.

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  Supplì

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  Bucatini all’amatriciana

nightlife

security

climate

trips

literature

Web links

• latiumkueste.it - Information on the Lazio coast