Sessa Aurunca

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Sessa Aurunca
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Sessa Aurunca (Italy)
Sessa Aurunca
Country Italy
region Campania
province Caserta  (CE)
Local name Session
Coordinates 41 ° 14 ′  N , 13 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E
height 203  m slm
surface 163.0 km²
Residents 21,036 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 129 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 81037
prefix 0823
ISTAT number 061088
Popular name Sessani
Patron saint Leo IX
Website Sessa Aurunca
Sessa Aurunca, Piazza XX September
Sessa Aurunca, Piazza XX September

Sessa Aurunca is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 21,036 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Caserta in Campania . The municipality borders the province of Latina . The city is about 40 kilometers northwest of Caserta and about 30 kilometers east of Formia . The Garigliano flows through the area of ​​the municipality at the foot of the extinct volcano Roccamonfina .

history

The city stands on the remains of the ancient settlement of Suessa Aurunca , which was the main town of the Aurunkians . The old city was a little higher (about 600 meters above sea level) on the crater rim of the volcano. Around 337 BC The settlement was abandoned because the pressure of the Sidicins was too great. 313 BC It was re-founded as a Roman Colonia under the old name, but a little below the crater. From the Augustan period, the settlement was called Colonia Iulia Felix Classica Suessa .

The city has been the seat of the Sessa Aurunca diocese since the Middle Ages .

In more recent times the community was the site of a nuclear power plant .

Attractions

  • Roman amphitheater

  • The cathedral

  • The cathedral from the inside

  • Castello Ducale

  • Bridge over the Garigliano

  • Gate in the old town

  • Hercules fountain

traffic

The Baia Domizia holiday complex is located near the city. In the district of Le Cese there is a small airfield ( Aviosuperficie Umberto Nobile ) for general aviation .

Web links

Commons : Sessa Aurunca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.