Formia is an Italian town of 36,331 inhabitants in the province of Latina in Lazio. Mount Altino rises in the municipal territory, which reaches 1,368 m a.s.l. at the top.
"O temperate dulce Formiae litus ..", the mildness of the climate declaimed by Martial in the epigram dedicated to his friend Apollinare and his Villa Formiana is not a simple poetic expression but a reality; thanks to its position on the sea, protected by Gaeta to the west and by the hills behind it, Formia boasts an enviable climatic condition, which together with the beaches of Vindicio, Acquatraversa, S. Janni and Gianola make it a sought-after tourist destination.
Monuments and places of interest
Religious architectures
- Chiesa di Sant'Erasmo
- Chiesetta di Sant'Anna, già Santa Maria del Forno
- Chiesetta di San Rocco del 1474
- Chiesetta di Santa Maria della Noce
- Chiesetta di San Remigio del 1490
- Chiesa di Santa Maria del Castagneto
- Chiesa e convento di Santa Teresa D'Avila del 1700
- Le antiche chiese dei SS. Lorenzo e Giovanni Battista
- Duomo di Sant'Erasmo di epoca costantiniana
- Santuario Madonna di Ponza
Military architectures
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The castle
- Remains of the Angevin Castle in the village of Mola
- Sections of the wall of Nerva of Roman origin near the port
- Ancient tower in the Remigio area
- Castello Miramare, in Pagnano
- Roman remains at number 360 in Via Vitruvio
Archaeological sites
- Il Cisternone, or a large cistern from the Roman imperial era
- Tomb of Cicero
- The Tulliola Mausoleum
- Muro in opus reticulatum
- Roman port of Caposele at the end of the Vindicio seafront
Natural areas
- Parco regionale Riviera di Ulisse
- L'Oasi blu di Gianola.
- Parco regionale di Gianola e del Monte di Scauri
- Parco naturale dei Monti Aurunci
More
- Fontana Romana on via Appia
- Criptoportici del I secolo A.C.
- Villa di Rubino, detta di Cicerone (privata)
- Remains of the Roman aqueduct near the church of San Giovanni Battista and near the port
- The elegant period buildings of Via Vitruvio, recently restored.
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Archaeological Museum, in the eighteenth-century Palazzo Comunale in Piazza VittoriaFonte: wikipedia
