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Sunset over Castle of Santa Severa

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Flavio Di Mattia

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Santa Severa offers the rarest of rarities in Italy. No, we’re not talking about a castle, or Roman ruins, because those are a dime a dozen. No, it offers a free beach. Yes, let that sink in for a minute.If you’re new to Italy, you may wonder what the big deal is. But if you know your spiagga Italiana, you know that most beaches here are taken over by stablimenti, beach restaurants cum-rentals that cover the sand with row upon row of beach chairs, arranged with an un-Italian rigidity, and for which you need to pay.

Real public, free beaches exist, but they are rare. This is one of them. And a nice one to boot! With a castle.
Back in the days, the Romans knew how to spot a good beach. History doesn’t tell us whether they went surfing and swimming, but we do know they built a large fortified settlement here, after they had kicked out the Etruscans, who were here first.

The outline of the Roman settlement is still clearly visible: the Ancients created a more solid foundation than medieval Italians could ever muster. So if you walk around the current borgo (walled village) you will notice that the Roman-era foundations are made of massive cyclopean masonry. On top of this the medieval borgo walls were built, from smaller stones, covered in plaster.

http://www.minorsights.com/2015/03/italy-santa-severa.html

photo: Zeiss Batis 25mm
original size 30000x15000
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