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Minturno Minturno is placed on a hill (146 meters above sea level) that looks the vast the Garigliano lowland. It has preserved until 1879 the Traetto aboriginal name. The country, built from the end of the VI century d.C., has a typical medieval structure: was surrounded by tack with square and circular towers, when are opened gates. It develops long a road axle, with rectilinear layout until the cathedral. to the entry of the country, outside the walls, on a little plaza shows the church of the announced. Its construction goes up again to the XIV century and presents a structure with narthex and arcs in the façade and a behind bell tower on left wing. In Gothic style built to want to of the Minutilli family. It has at once various restructurings for damages brought by turkishes (1552) from the free-Polish troops (1799) and from the last world conflict. In the course of a restructuring during the year 1930 are come to the splendid light fourteenth-century frescoes. Continuing the slope reaches Roma Square, can admire the coastal band with the promontory of Gianola and, in the background, the Gaeta promontory.
Toward south the eye race up to the gulf of Naples. On this plaza shows the church of S.Francesco, wanted by Roderick Caetani, and made by the honorable successor the Caetani in 1363. This church appears today very restored in the building structures, leave with the stone alive walls on demand. The inside is to an only aisle, very simple. Worthy of remark is a front of cinerary Roman urn with festoons, inserted in the left-hand walls, while in the right-wing walls are the rests of an interesting fresco represents "Madonna delle Grazie". In his honor develops each year the traditional Sagra delle Regne (of sheaves of wheat), ancient popular harvest festival, of pagan and brought origin to the rank of the great folk demonstration from the association on behalf of Minturno in 1954. Does one need to to the same association -- besides the initiative to open a stable season of shows in the Roman theatre of the city from 1960 also the constitution of the first folk group of the province of Latin: the female popular custom, until little years ago, it were still usually worn by elderly persons as daily custom. The company of popular dance of the folk group minturnese; that uses authentic customs and it has done perform new customs on the model of that original, it has the worth to prolong the life of a custom that is among the more beautiful than Italia, with its colors, of its thread of gold and of its embroideries. In an international competition for weddings of the then prince Humbert, this custom brought the first prize on over 500 presented, between italians and foreigners: its name, coloredly, is the vulgar thing. Have been systematized in the near eight convent great clothes of the Christopher Sparagna artist, illustrate the history of the church. Some of the ancient convent is today center of the town hall. To notice, also, a rich marmoreal portal of the 500 in the town building, drawn by the ancient convent of franciscans ( sec XIV), of the that remains the unadorned cloister with nine arcs. In the center of the courtyard himself you notice a puteal in calcareous stone. Always on places Rome visits the castle that is risen stately in the southwest angle of the plaza. It has forms trapezoidal. The tower, originally tall 60 meters, characterized the sight of the country for who you approached, was destroyed by a lightning in the last century. If can realize the proportions in a situated painting in the cathedral ( Lady of the thanks and S.Vittore ). The castle was built to want to of Leo III pope (795-816). In 1108 passed to the of the eagle. It was residence of the Caetani and entertained illustrate characters: S.Tommaso of Aquino (1272), Alphonso of Aragona (1452), Isabel Colonna, Julia Gonzaga. The entry handed in a little courtyard with parvis to acute order and double lancet windows windows. to the left is a comfortable stairway that gives access to the rooms and to the great room of barons. The castle came damaged in 1799 from the frenches and above all in the last world conflict. Various have been in recent times the phases of restoration. Rome stump oratory takes places market, that coast along one of the sides of the castle. After little meters it sees, after all, a statue of virile, wearing a chlamys character, owing to of the delay empire, said by the people "Sepeone", deriving probably from the ancient Minturnae. Adjacent Victor Emanuel course, anciently paved with stone lava presents on the right a siege of alleys from which is seen tear panoramic on the underlying valley. After a hundred of meters reaches the S.Pietro cathedral. Built in the XII century suffered various rehashes and it was widened in the XVII century. It goes into the church, that it has a tall staircase of access, from a portico that englobes the bell tower across across whose plinth on arcades is entered to the true entry and one's own. In the portico I am numerous fragments architectural romen and epigraph. The church presents a plant to Latin cross with three aisles. In the inside deserving of attention is the candelabrum of the Easter, going back candle to the 1264, attributed to wander by sexes, and the pulpit of the XIII century, ledger work cosmateschi, on six columns with to the sides two balusters represent, to the left, the pistrice at swallow Jonah, to turn right the pistrice that throw back Jonah, common decoration to many pulpits of Italy southern. Of great interest is also the chapel of the sacrament, lined with polychrome marbles and they stucco gilded and that has assed ornament a representative cloth " the the latest dines ", work of the Andrew school from Salerno said the Sabatino. After the high altar is can admire some frescoes represent Our Lady of the snow and Our Lady of thankses. The nave is covered with wooden chest to measure and central gilded rose windows. to the center there is the coat of arms with the papal tiara and the S.Pietro keys. Minturno shows too numerous ancient columns to angles of the degrading alleys toward the plain of the Garigliano, they stay medieval in any houses, a characteristic street of bypass when is opened three gates ( chapel gate, holy gate Stephen and new gate ). in the region of Perrelli fountain an attractive little church ( XIV sec) originally dedicated to S.Maria in Bethlem. Currently you reveres it " Lady of the frees ". The church externally presents an attractive portico to three Gothic arcs, sustained after two round columns.
Scauri In the territory of the fraction of Scauri, to the border among the commune of Minturno and that of form, I am all now great numbers, for the most part in private, conspicuous property rests of Roman villa , such as a structure in polygonal work. Some researchers have wanted to identify such center strengthened with the oppidum of Pirae, that Plinio the old man puts among forms and Minturnae. Goes excluded person, as seems, that the Scauri wall must be considered work of pre-Roman populations : the technique, very accurate, with which it is built, it seems rather to attribute to tied up workerses to the Roman circle. The dating can be then put to beginnings of the III century a.C., in concomitance with the foundation of Minturnae, by Roman farmers as strategic posting to control of the coastal band. The polygonal walls were used again for the construction of a rustic installation of the II A.C. centuries then widened by the construction, in the south side, of the seven arcades in uncertain work. Some researchers have proposeded, founding on the name of the actual center, that the villa of the II sec.a.C. were belonged to M.Emilio Scauro, princeps senatus and consul in 115 A.C. indeed it is possible to that such imposing construction were of property of a family of senatorial rank of the capital, even if, for the time being, is not been recovered some tries material of its belonged to the Aemilii Scauri: sources which must be upheld keep silent. On just the same situated in medieval epoch it was built a tower to protection of the moved mills by the Capod'acqua stream. Nearest Monte D'Oro the rests of the tower balance, erected in the second half of the sec.XVI to strengthen the defence of coasts against the raids, of the like, a great deal mournful, that of the Dragut pirate ( 21 July 1552 ) that, disembarked to Scauri with its strong army, drew two hundred prisoners |traettesi| and they burnt the country. Adjacent the beach of the pebbles, a marvellous inlet from crystalline waters: an angle of Sardegna in Pontine territory!
Other fractions Marina di Minturno Seaside resort favored with numerous establishments and camp. The aurunca fraction were denominated until half Simonelli century, is distant little meters from the archaeological district of Minturnae. Of particular Castrum relief it silvers ( mountain of silver ). Searches have been unrolled, in recent years, from the museum of oriental art of Rome and from the of Lazio superintendence in the site of mountain of silver. Investigations are finalized to the individualization of a Saracen installation (881-915), indicated in medieval sources with the Mons Garelianus name. During the excavations it is started again shines it worked marbles, decoration elements and coins.
Tremensuoli it is the most ancient of the fractions ( if finds mention in 945 ), abandoned on a degrading hill toward the lowland and the sea. to Greek cross is the structure of the parish church of Saint Nicandro martyr that goes up again to the XVI century. In it are visible decorations to stucco and times a barrel. They go remember then the wooden statues of the Nicandro patron and of Saint Sebastian ( both of the XIX century ). S. Maria Infante Also it placed in hill, it goes up again to the XIV century. The place that takes the name from the homonym church, has assumed various denominations in the time: S. Mary from Olifano, S. Mary of the Lévano, S. Mary of the elephant. The temple ( built toward the XVII sec) it has been reconstructed in the second postwar periods, following architectural modern lines.
Pulcherini The Pulcherini neighbour goes up again per century XV. the denomination derives from the Porcarinorum hamlet or Polcareni villa. To signaling the church of Saint Joseph, of the XVIII century. In this fraction, the Good Friday, it has place ( after 1968 ) a suggestive evoking of the Passio Christi.
Tufo To east of Minturno, the fraction of tuff, so called for the tuffaceous ground on which it is kind. at the heart of the inhabited area it is placed the parish church of Saint Leonard abbot ( XVI sec) what has during the time a lot of transformations. The building is in only aisle and enumerates a transept ( covered by a decorated cruise to stucco ) and an altar with polychrome marbles, climb on toward the 1812. On the walls of the apse there are three niches: to the left the statue of S.Luigi, to turn right that of the immaculate thing; to the center, among two columns of porphyry, the Our Lady statue of thankses. Said columns decorated the Our Lady Franciscan sanctuary of the creditable to Minturno. |
