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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.
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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