Sperlonga e la sua storia
Dopo una bella giornata trascorsa a crogiolarvi al sole ed un tuffo nell'acqua cristallina del nostro mare; o il "dolce far niente", visitate le bellezza di Sperlonga, borgo antico di rara bellezza. Perdersi nel labirinto dei canditi vicoletti,tra archi e archetti e scale immacolate.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Sperlonga
Si resta colpiti dai gruppi scultorei del Museo Archeologioco Nazionale e della Villa e Grotta di Tiberio. Il percorso all'antica via Flacca è suggestiva per il panorama sul golfo Circeo e le Isole Pontine.
Villa e Grotta di Tiberio
La Grotta di Tiberio era inclusa entro una sontuosa villa ampliata e riccamente decorata nell' età di Tiberio, sua residenza estiva, in cui accoglieva cortigiani ed amici.
Sperlonga
Perched on a rocky outcrop limit, the last stretch of mountains the Ausoni, Sperlonga today still retains the taste between the picturesque and romantic, linked to the thread of historical events experienced with particular intensity. Its heritage of unspoiled nature and ancient traditions, archaeological evidence, can approach this land and its present reality, with our minds turned to the evocative of ancient presences. So the meeting with the landscaped beach of Sperlonga, is enhanced with the vibrant and heroic events of Homer or, following the rhythm of ages, with the country's maritime fortress. The ancient village, in its colorful mosaic architecture, with whitewashed plaster, contains the story of these people. Here arches and steps steal space to rock and every lane opens and hides, climbs back down, and reappears, to die slowly in the doorway of a house. If the village is the truest expression of authentic living in extremely tight space constraints, the reason for all this cling to the time of the pirates of the eighth and ninth centuries. Sperlonga increasingly assumed the role of maritime fortress up to enhance its defenses with watchtowers. Today, among these lanes, designed by centuries of foot traffic, there is a frantic mundane beat. The new rhythm the sun drowned in the sea and at night dies with billions of stars, a flirtatious crowd invades exuberance of tourism has changed the essence, however, without upsetting the balance. Here, when the streets, bars, restaurants, happy with the ease of being on vacation.
Sperlonga to see
Walk (1 km) to the Grotta di Tiberio, large cavities, open sea. There was included, a sumptuous villa enlarged and richly decorated in the 'age of Tiberius, his summer residence, where courtiers and friends were welcomed. More than 15,000 fragments of sculptures were found, some of which are exposed to the nearby Sperlonga NATIONAL MUSEUM. The cave was largely occupied by an art collection partially formed by groups of Homer's subject and style medium-Hellenistic (late second century BC) reported almost exclusively on myths related to the name of Ulysses; Rape of the Palladium from Troy; blinding of Polyphemus ; Scilla assault the ship of Odysseus, Menelaus and Patroclus. These groups are by Atanadoro, Agestrando and Polidoro, who executed the same Laocconte the Vatican, as a 'registration with the signature on the ship seized by Scylla. Another set of marble, a Roman work of the second century AD Ganymede is suddenly in the sky. From Sperlonga follow the beautiful coast road, which is the route of the 'old road Flacca,it runs in the beautiful scenery along the rocky coast to Gaeta, alternating with coves, inlets and features small beaches, dotted with ancient towers
