Lazio

Lazio (IPA: /ˈlattsjo/, Latin Latium, also sometimes used in English), is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, and Marche to the north, Abruzzo to the east, Campania to the south, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. Latium is bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania, and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Its coast is low-lying and very sandy, punctuated by the headlands of Circeo (541 m) and Orlando (171). The Pontine I... more

Lazio (IPA: /ˈlattsjo/, Latin Latium, also sometimes used in English), is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, and Marche to the north, Abruzzo to the east, Campania to the south, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. Latium is bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania, and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Its coast is low-lying and very sandy, punctuated by the headlands of Circeo (541 m) and Orlando (171). The Pontine Islands, which are part of Latium, lie opposite the southern coast. Behind the coastal strip, to the north we find: the Latium Maremma (the continuation of Tuscan Maremma), interrupted at Civitavecchia by the Tolfa Mountains (616 m), in the centre by the Roman Campagna and to the south by Agro Pontino. This area, once swampy and unhealthy, was reclaimed over the centuries (though work was finished only in the 1930s) for repopulation and agricultural exploitation. The Latium Preapennines, marked by the Tiber valley and the Liri with the Sacco... less