Latium is the region including Rome (which is the capital of the region too). The ancient history of Latium is closely linked to that of Rome. Before the foundation of the city the area was inhabited by a varied population , most important among them: Etruscans and Latins. Witnesses of the ancient civilisations are cities and Etruscan necropolises to the north, and the acropolises and polygonal walls to the south.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the fate of Latium was tied to that of the temporal power of the Papacy, which reinforced itself over the following centuries and remained intact down until the unification of Italy in 1870.

-Rome: details about Rome...
-Viterbo: Ancient Etruscan centre of Upper Lazio. It was a papal residence until the 14th c. Viterbo experienced a time of great splendour during the Middle Ages. The cathedral built in 12th c., Palazzo dei Papi and the church of San Francesco (13th c.).
-Latina: Former Littoria fascist town of was founded in 1932 in the centre of the Agro Pontino, was then renamed Latina after 1945. The city is a typical example of rationalist architecture, designed by the architect Oriolo Frezzotti to Fascist canons. In the surrounding: long beach on the Tyrrhenian coastline known as the Lido di Latina
-Palestrina:Ancient town of Civitas Praenestina was a place of recreation to emperors and Roman patricians. Palazzo Barberini (17th c) includes the Prenestino Archaeological Museum that stores a famous mosaic representing the Nile flood (80 bc).

Latium is not only Rome, so it's worth to visit for its variety of landscape: wide beaches on the Tyrrhenian coastline , great pinewoods, mountains (reach over 2.000 metres) like Terminillo (favourite ski resort for roman people),and gentle hills.

Latium is not only Rome, so it's worth to visit for its variety of landscape: wide beaches on the Tyrrhenian coastline , great pinewoods, mountains (reach over 2.000 metres) like Terminillo (favourite ski resort for roman people),and gentle hills.