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Alatri
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Alatri is a town and community of province of Frosinone in the Italian region of the Lazio, with 27,200 inhabitants according to the 2003 census. It is famous for its megalithic acropolis. It is almost entirely an embanking wall, as is the rule in the cities of this part of Italy, with a maximum height, possibly, of about 9 meters. Two of the gates are still to some extent preserved, and three posterns are to be found.
Remains of a high-pressure bridge, which supplied the town with water and was constructed with other public buildings by L. Betilienus Varus, can still be traced. A temple was excavated in 1889 a few miles to the north of the town, and numerous fragments of the painted terra-cottas with which it was decorated were found. A reconstruction of it has been erected in the Museo di Villa Giulia at Rome.
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, cooperative people and luxurious hotels and cottages, Alatri is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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