It is the ancient Aletrium, one of the oldest centers of Lazio, which was one of the main cities of the Italic people of the Ernici and one of the so-called saturnian cities.
The inhabitants are known as alatresi, alatrensi or alatrini.
Known above all for the pre-Roman acropolis surrounded by megalithic walls, well preserved, of which the Porta Maggiore stands out for its grandeur, followed by the Porta Minore or dei Falli, it also has a significant heritage of monuments of considerable architectural and artistic interest, such as the collegiate church Romanesque-Gothic of Santa Maria Maggiore, the concathedral basilica of San Paolo, the churches of San Francesco and San Silvestro, the proto-monastery of San Sebastiano, the nineteenth-century monumental fountains, the Gottifredo palace and the Conti-Gentili palace adorned with a large mural sundial .
The city of Alatri rises on a bigemine hill in the heart of Ciociaria, on the slopes of the Ernici Mountains which constitute the natural border of Lazio with Abruzzo.
Alatri
Address: P.zza S.Maria Maggiore, 1 - 03011
Phone: 0775 4481
Site:
http://www.comune.alatri.fr.it/homeLocation inserted by
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