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Our range of B&b and other holiday rentals, have been specially selected in Terracina in the Lazio region and the Terracina province. A thriving business, artistic and tourist town along the Tyrrhenian coast, situated on the Appian Way, Formia was, according to the legend, the capital of the Lestrigoni, giants who practiced anthropophagy, as told by Homer in the Odyssey.However, historical evidence shows that Formia was inhabited in the 6th century BC by an ancient Italic people known as the Volsci, who became Roman citizens in 338 BC.In Roman times Formia - called Formiae - was a lively center due to its strategic location on the Via Appia, and a seaside resort for the Roman aristocracy. Lucius Mamurra, a Roman cavalier native of Formia, lived in the 1st century BC and was Praefectus Fabrum of Julius Caesar in Spain and France, where he amassed an extraordinary wealth, partly invested in his luxurious villa in Formia. Another Roman citizen of great standing was Vitruvius Pollio, a celebrated architect of the 1st century AD, author of De Architectura.In 846 AD the town was destroyed by the Saracens and the survivors moved to Gaeta and other neighboring settlements. Only two villages remained: Mola and Castellone, which were joined in 1819 as the Comune di Mola e Castellone. Finally a Royal decree in 1863 changed the name back to the ancient Formia. |
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