Terracina – Ancient City Where Mythology And History Meet

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Most tourists admire Terracina as a seaside resort. Unfortunately, they do not even imagine the ancient town’s historical past and archaeological heritage left by the long-gone generations.

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 Most tourists admire Terracina as a seaside resort. Unfortunately, they do not even imagine the ancient town’s historical past and archaeological heritage left by the long-gone generations.

In ancient times, Terracina was the city called ‘Tarracina,’ a name that suggests it dates from when the Etruscans ruled the area. Terracina, a historical town in the Lazio (Latium) region, south-central Italy, is situated between Rome and Naples, on the Gulf of Gaeta (an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea) at the foot of the Ausoni Mountains.

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