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Fondi
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.
Fondi is one of Italy’s most popular destinations, and is well known for the quantity of cultural related attractions and monuments that the city has embraced. Fondi is a city and commune in the province of Latina, halfway between Rome and Naples. Before the construction of the highway between the latter cities in the late 1950s, Fondi had been an important settlement on the Roman via Appia, which was the main connection from Rome to much of southern Italy.
According to precious archeological findings, it can be affirmed that Fondi area was first populated at the beginning of 1000 BC. Later the area was settled by the Italic tribes of Aurunci and, subsequently, Volsci. According to the legend, it would have been founded by Hercules in memory of the killing of Cacus. The first historical reference to Fondi dates to 338 BC, at the time of the Latin War, when its inhabitants gained minor Roman citizenship status. In 1818 the declining Fondi city, surrounded by marshes affected by malaria and brigantage, lost the bishopric seat existing there since the very early years of Christianism.
Presently, Fondi is the seat of an important market for agriculture and food products which distribute some one million tons of agriculture products every year. It also serves as the main city of the Plain of Fondi, a small plain between the Ausoni and Aurunci mountains and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The plain includes three lakes and is agriculturally very fertile. The territory of Fondi is partially included in the regional natural park of Monti Aurunci.
Fondi can also be considered as the preeminent, historical and potential tourism destination that enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers to become one of the most visited places.
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