Figure 1.--The photo was taken in Montenero di Bisaccia in 1954. It shows a large farm family: several siblings with their wifes or husbands and their children that lived and worked in the same farm. Montenero di Bisaccia is a municipality with the same latitude of Rome, but near the eastern or Adriatic coast.

Central Italy is of course dominated by the Latium and Rome. Rome is a huge city, one of Euriope's great metropolitan cities. The area around Rome is known as Latium . This is an area of undulating hills extending from the western foothills of the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Mediterranean. Latium is the cradle from which Rome grew. It originally consisted of the coastal plain from the mouth of the Tiber to the Circeian promontory and its adjacent foothills. only a short distance from Rome in any direction are enumeral villages. Some are quite famous. To the east is Ostia Antica--a fascinating Roman town and seaport preserved as a park. To the east is Tivoli, famous for Hadrian's villa and the Villa d'Este. Others are only known locally. Suio seen here is a good example (figure 1). The Appian Way (Via Appia) is the famous road leading south from Rome. It was one of the first and perhaps most strategically important Roman roads. It passes through the Pontine Marshes (Agro Pontino) south of Rome has an interesting history. Latium also has four very ancient volcanos and the craters have formed beautiful lakes (Bolsena, Vico, Bracciano, Albano and Nemi). Latium is the cradle of Roman civilization and by extension Western Civilization. The remains of both the Roman civilization as well as earlier and later civilizations makr it a fascinating area. The visitor can see the remains of the Etruscan civilization You can also see the remains of the medieval era and Renaussance with its incredible artidtic treasures. The presence of the Church is everywhere, of course with all the great churches of Rome, including St. Peter's and the Vatican. Rome is a huge city and of course one of the most famous in the world. Rome has to be one of the most fascinating cities in the world. It was at the center of Western civilization for centuries. Few cities have a more extensive literature. Ironically what first comes to mind when most people think about Rome is the titilating excesses of the Empire. Only rarely does what makes Rome central to Western civilization emerge in public discourse--the rule of law. Latium is the mest known areas of central area, but of course the area is much more extensice than just Latium.

Rome

Central Italy is of course dominated by the Latium and Rome. Rome is a huge city, one of Euriope's great metropolitan cities. Scenes from Rome are recognizable allm over the world. Rome is a huge city and of course one of the most famous in the world. Rome has to be one of the most fascinating cities in the world. It was at the center of Western civilization for centuries. Few cities have a more extensive literature. Ironically what first comes to mind when most people think about Rome is the titilating excesses of the Empire which the Coliseum symbolizes. Unfortunately, only rarely does what makes Rome central to Western civilization emerge in public discourse--the rule of law.

Latium

The area around Rome is known as Latium . This is an area of undulating hills extending from the western foothills of the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Mediterranean. Latium is the cradle from which Rome grew. It originally consisted of the coastal plain from the mouth of the Tiber to the Circeian promontory and its adjacent foothills. only a short distance from Rome in any direction are enumeral villages. Some are quite famous. To the east is Ostia Antica--a fascinating Roman town and seaport preserved as a park. To the east is Tivoli, famous for Hadrian's villa and the Villa d'Este. Others are only known locally. Suio seen here is a good example (figure 1). The Appian Way (Via Appia) is the famous road leading south from Rome. It was one of the first and perhaps most strategically important Roman roads. It passes through the Pontine Marshes (Agro Pontino) south of Rome has an interesting history. Latium also has four very ancient volcanos and the craters have formed beautiful lakes (Bolsena, Vico, Bracciano, Albano and Nemi). Latium is the cradle of Roman civilization and by extension Western Civilization. The remains of both the Roman civilization as well as earlier and later civilizations makr it a fascinating area. The visitor can see the remains of the Etruscan civilization You can also see the remains of the medieval era and Renaussance with its incredible artidtic treasures. The presence of the Church is everywhere, of course with all the great churches of Rome, including St. Peter's and the Vatican. Latium is the mest known areas of central area, but of course the area is much more extensice than just Latium.

Coastal Villages

Interior Villages

Rome is a very modern city complete with a subway. One did not have to go very far east from Rome to go back in time. Muc has changed in recent years. While many of the villages have much the same look as they did earlier, the peiople for the most part have entered the modern world. The gap between life styles betweem Rome and villages has significantly closed. This was not the case before World war II. A reader tells us about Pescina, a village in the mountains of central Italy. Famed French Cardinal Jule Mazarin was born there (1602). Also the Italian writer Ignazio Silone (1900-1978) was born in Pescina. We note a 1930s snapshot showing a poor mother with her children.

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