Sermoneta (Lazio), Italy【Walking Tour】4K

A walking tour in the town of 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮, a few kilometers south of Rome, Italy, province of the city of Latina. ================================================================================ 📢 **𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲!** 📢 🔷 Help with a donation! - https://www.paypal.me/stillwanderertours 🔷 🔶 Support me on Patreon -   / stillwanderer   🔶 ☕️ Offer me a Coffee! - https://ko-fi.com/stillwanderer4kwalk ☕️ ================================================================================ *Some History* The territory of Sermoneta was already populated in the archaic era. In its territory, near the present Abbey of Valvisciolo stood the ancient volsca city of *Sulmo*, mentioned by Virgil in the Aeneid. The expansion of the Pontine marshes and the invasions of the Saracens pushed the inhabitants of ancient Sulmo to move to the current Sermoneta, which is already mentioned with this name in the eleventh century. Libero Comune, soon submitted to the Caetani family (1297) who made it the center of their dominions over the whole of southern Lazio, due to the fortunate position on via Pedemontana, an artery that had replaced the Appia in the connections between the North and the Southern Italy. The Sermonetans, for the control of the road and in particular of the passing customs, first defeated the city of Ninfa then the neighboring Sezze. The perfectly preserved medieval village, the Caetani Castle and the Cathedral date back to this period. From the 16th century, with the first reclamation works of the Pontine Marshes and the reopening of the Appian Way, the city began a slow decline. In 1567 it lost the title of capital of the Duchy of the Caetani who placed their headquarters in Cisterna. It hosted Leonardo da Vinci. In 1928 on a part of its territory, in the locality of Doganella di Ninfa, the NationalFascist Combatant Opera set one of the headquarters for the reclamation operations of the Pontine marshes. Since the post-war period, its historic center has experienced a heavy depopulation in favor of its territory in the plain where the hamlets of Doganella, Tufette, Pontenuovo and Carrara arose on the borders with the municipalities of Cisterna di Latina and Latina. At the same time it has experienced a notable tourist expansion that has as its destination the ancient and well-preserved ancient village, home to numerous cultural events. Scenes of the 2007 film Silk featuring Keira Knightley were filmed in Sermoneta. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ♦♦♦📍 𝗠𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 📍♦♦♦ https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mi... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 🔻 0:00 - Drone Footage 1:10 - Walled gate entrance 3:52 - Part of the medieval walls 9:30 - St.Mary square 11:04 - People's Square (main square) 17:03 - Town Hall square 17:52 - Loggia dei Mercanti (merchantmen' Lodge) 22:46 - Walls of the Castle of Sermoneta 28:10 - Panoramic view towards the local landscape 36:00 - Church of St.Michael Archangel (small tour inside) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #walkingtour #treadmill #virtualtour #virtual #walking #walk #drone #4k #walks #tour #italy #tours #random #Sermoneta