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» This article is about the Italian town near Rome. "Nettuno" is also Italian for Neptune.
Nettuno is a town and comune of the
province of Rome in the
Lazio region of central
Italy, 60 kilometers south of
Rome. It is named in honour of the Roman god
Neptune. A resort city and agricultural center on the
Tyrrhenian Sea, in the
Mediterranean Sea it has a population of approximately 43,000.
It has a touristic harbour hosting about 860 boats and a shopping center, selling everything for fishing and sailing. There is also an extensive yacht club.
Nettuno is the city of the
D.O.C. wine Cacchione.
History and culture
The town was founded by the
Saracens in the
9th century. It is a popular tourist destination today, where there are a well-preserved old quarter, the Borgo Medievale, with mediaeval streets and small squares, and the Sangallo Fort built in the 16th century.
It is an important center of pilgrimage to the
shrine of
Saint Maria Goretti. In the shrine there's a
crypt where lie the mortal remains of the saint. The church keeps also a priceless polychromed wooden statue of
Our Lady of Grace, which is honoured by the town with a procession every year the first Saturday of May.
Nettuno has one of the most important Italian
baseball teams, Danesi Nettuno often winner of the Championship. This game was taught to the local people during the
Second World War by
U.S. soldiers, who landed along the coasts for the
Operation Shingle. The town has an
American Cemetery and Memorial, where over 7,000 U.S. soldiers are buried.
The privately-owned Villa Costaguti-Borghese at Nettuno, built 1648, has extensive gardens in a landscape park designed about 1840, now protected as a nature reserve. The
Borghese Gladiator was discovered at Nettuno.
A key feature of Nettuno is the "fort" - a medieval wall which goes around an entire neighborhood of stone-paved streets.
In the late 1980's, Nettuno figured prominently as a transit point for Jewish immigrants on their way to Israel or the United States. Since the Soviet Union and Israel didn't have diplomatic relations, Italy agreed to serve as a staging ground for Jewish refugees to Israel from the Soviet Union. Upon entering Italy, refugees would file a petition with the Israeli consulate and await approval. Many Jews took advantage of this opportunity to petition the U.S. consulate for asylum to let them enter the United States on religious persecution grounds. Though the majority of Russian Jews settled in Rome and Ladispoli (a small city near Rome), a significant number of them, particularly those from the Ukrainian city of Odessa, chose Nettuno as their temporary home, perhaps due to its magnificent beaches and lively night scene. Other, much more insignificant Italian cities such as Santa Marinella also served as temporary homes, though they offered little beyond "Wheels of Immigration" - a pretzel-like snack as comfort to their visitors.
Famed Residents
Other
In the domain of army, Nettuno has one of the biggest Poligono for the Italian Force, whose territory extends to the
Province of Latina, and one of the most important Italian Police Schools, where especially police dogs are trained.
Nettuno is one stop south of Anzio on the local train from Rome.
Twin towns
Corinaldo, Italy
Traunreut, Germany
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