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Ferentino
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.
Ferentinum is a town of the Hernici and it was captured from them by the Romans in 364 BC, Before Christ and took no part in the rising of 306 Before Christ. The inhabitants became Roman citizens after 195 BC, and the place later became a municipium. It lay just above the Via Latina and, being a strong place, served for the detention of hostages. Ferentino is a town and commune in Italy, in the province of Frosinone, 65 kilometer southeast of Rome. It is situated on a hill 400 meter above sea-level. Its population is 20,561 and total area is of 80 square kilometers.
Ferentino still possesses considerable remains of ancient fortifications. The lower portion of the outer walls, which probably did not stand free, is built of roughly hewn blocks of a limestone which naturally splits into horizontal layers and above this in places is walling of rectangular blocks of tufa. Two gates, the Porta Maggiore, a double gate constructed entirely of rectangular blocks of tufa, and the Porta Sanguinaria are preserved.
Ferentinum is one of the most visited places. It enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers, and it is also said the place of best geographical environment and can trace its origins back to prehistoric times.
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