Pomezia is a 'Foundation City' that is one of the Agro Romano cities founded by Mussolini after the reclamation of the Pontine marshes. The first stone was laid on April 25, 1937 and the city was officially inaugurated on October 29, 1939. It began as a farming village and is populated by families from Veneto, Emilia Romagna and Friuli to whom the ONC (Opera Nazionale Combattenti) had given a house and a plot of land. After the war it was heavily industrialized with the funds from the Cassa del Mezzogiorno and since the industrial decline Pomezia has become more and more a satellite city of Rome living from activities of the tertiary sector.
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German Military Cemetery
The German military cemetery houses the remains of 27,000 German soldiers of World War II…
S. Maria delle Vigne
S. Maria delle Vigne, called "the Madonella" is a private church of the Borghese family…
The Village and the Castle of Pratica di Mare
The village of Pratica di Mare is a small town centre in the Castle Borghese.…
Rationalist Architecture
The urbanisation of the new fascist centres was very simple and always started from a…
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The beach and the sea at Torvaianica.
Torvaianica came to the fore in the 1950s when on one of its beaches was…
Water Park Zoomarine
Zoomarine is an entertainment theme park dedicated in particular to the marine world. It covers…
La Grotta del Fauno (Cave of the Faun)
The cave of the faun is a cave flooded by waters that flow from a…
Museo Archeologico Lavinium (Archeological Museum)
This innovative new museum is located at Pratica di Mare in the medieval village built…