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19-614: The mountain, the coastal zone as far north as Latina , including the only remaining remnant of the swamp, and two of the Pontine Islands offshore, Zannone and Ponza , have been included in the Circeo National Park . Although a headland, it was not formed by coastal erosion  – as headlands are usually formed – but is a remnant of the orogenic processes that created the Apennines . The entire coast of Lazio , on which

38-636: A Mauerkrone with five towers, large towns one with four towers, smaller towns one with three", observed Arthur Charles Fox-Davies , in A Complete Guide to Heraldry , adding "Strict regulations in the matter do not yet exist" and warning that the usage was not British. Mural crowns were used, rather than royal crowns, for medieval and modern Italian comuni . A mural-crowned lady, Italia Turrita , personifies Italy. In Italy, comuni and some provinces and military corps have mural crowns on their coats of arms: gold with five towers for cities, and silver with nine-towered for others. The coat of arms of

57-431: A claimant until after a strict investigation. The rostrata mural crown, composed of the rostra indicative of captured ships, was assigned as naval prize to the first in a boarding party, similar to the naval crown . The Graeco-Roman goddess Roma 's attributes on Greek coinage usually include her mural crown, signifying Rome's status as a loyal protector of Hellenic city-states . The Roman military decoration

76-476: A provincial capital and, after World War II , renamed Latina in 1946. With the arrival of other people mostly from Lazio itself, the original Venetian-like dialect was increasingly substituted by a form of Romanesco dialect . The city coat of arms is a blue shield with a stylized drawing of the City Hall Clock Tower in the middle, standing on a field of green, and flanked by two stalks of wheat tied at

95-459: A symbol of European heraldry , mostly for cities and towns, and in the 19th and 20th centuries was used in some republican heraldry. Early appearances of the mural crown occur in the Achaemenid Empire , where they resemble crenelations on Mesopotamian and Persian buildings. In Hellenistic culture, a mural crown identified tutelary deities such as the goddess Tyche (the embodiment of

114-456: Is about 62 km (39 mi) south of Rome The municipality borders on Aprilia , Cisterna di Latina , Nettuno , Pontinia , Sabaudia , Sermoneta and Sezze . Latina has a Mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification Csa ) like most of southern Italy. The Italian film My Brother Is an Only Child is set in Latina. The Amazon Prime Video original series Prisma follows

133-462: Is currently undergoing decommissioning. The frazioni of Latina are: Latina Lido, Latina Scalo, Borgo Bainsizza, Borgo Carso, Borgo Faiti, Borgo Grappa, Borgo Isonzo, Borgo Montello, Borgo Piave, Borgo Podgora, Borgo Sabotino, Borgo Santa Maria, Borgo San Michele , Chiesuola, and Tor Tre Ponti. Latina is located in the Province of Latina, part of the southern section of the region of Lazio . The city

152-551: Is today included in the Circeo National Park , established in 1934 on 5,616  ha (56.16  km ; 13,880 acres ; 21.68  sq mi ) over the territories of Latina, Sabaudia, San Felice Circeo and Zannone Island (minor island of Ponziane Archipelago ). Latina, Lazio Latina ( Italian: [laˈtiːna] ) is the capital of the province of Latina , in the Lazio region, in Central Italy . As of 2024,

171-491: The Community of Portuguese Language Countries . Romanian municipal coats of arms contain a mural crown, with one or three towers for villages and communes, five and seven towers for towns and municipalities. The eagle on the coat of arms of Austria wears a mural crown to signify its status as a republic. This is in contrast to the royal crowns that adorned the double-headed eagle (and the imperial crown positioned above it) in

190-548: The Second Spanish Republic had a mural crown. In the early 20th century Portugal established strict rules for its municipal heraldry, in which each coat of arms contains a mural crown, with three silver towers signifying a village or an urban parish, four silver towers representing a town, five silver towers standing for a city and five gold towers for a capital city. The Portuguese rules are also applied to most municipal coats of arms of Brazil and some other members of

209-468: The fascio littorio . The city was inaugurated on 18 December of the same year. Littoria was populated with settlers coming mainly from Friuli and Veneto , who formed the so-called Venetian- Pontine community (today surviving only in some peripheral boroughs). The edifices and the monuments, mainly in rationalist style, were designed by famous architects and artists such as Marcello Piacentini , Angiolo Mazzoni and Duilio Cambellotti. In 1934 it became

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228-461: The base with a red ribbon engraved with the motto LATINA OLIM PALUS ("Latina, once a swamp") in Latin . The shield is surmounted by a mural crown . The city has some pharmaceutical , chemical industry and a strong service sector. Latina is also an important centre for agriculture (vegetables, flowers, sugar, fruit, cheese and derivates). The former Latina nuclear power plant has been shut down and

247-554: The city has 127,486 inhabitants and is the second-largest city of the region, after the national capital Rome . It is one of the youngest cities in Italy, being founded as Littoria in 1932 under the fascist administration , when the area surrounding it which had been a swamp since antiquity was drained. Although the area was first settled by the Latins , the modern city was founded by Benito Mussolini on 30 June 1932 as Littoria, named for

266-458: The coming-of-age of a group of teenagers from Latina. Latina is twinned with: Mural crown A mural crown ( Latin : corona muralis ) is a crown or headpiece representing city walls , towers , or fortresses . In classical antiquity , it was an emblem of tutelary deities who watched over a city, and among the Romans a military decoration . Later the mural crown developed into

285-494: The fortunes of a city, familiar to Romans as Fortuna ), and Hestia (the embodiment of the protection of a city, familiar to Romans as Vesta ). The high cylindrical polos of Rhea / Cybele too could be rendered as a mural crown in Hellenistic times, specifically designating the mother goddess as patron of a city. The mural crown became an ancient Roman military decoration . The corona muralis (Latin for "walled crown")

304-570: The mountain and the marsh are located, was a chain of barrier islands that was formed on a horst and made part of the mainland by sedimentation of the intervening graben . The mountain is composed mostly of marl and sandstone from the Paleogene and of limestone from the lower Early Jurassic . The mountain features several caves, including the Goats Cave and the Guattari Cave . In 1939,

323-538: The skull of a Neanderthal man was found in the Guattari Cave by a team led by Alberto Carlo Blanc . Several other findings also show that the mountain was inhabited in prehistorical times. In May 2021, the remains of 9 Neanderthal men were discovered in the same Guattari cave. The Minister of Culture in Italy declared the site to be one of the most significant in the world regarding the Neanderthal period. Mount Circeo

342-414: Was a golden crown, or a circle of gold intended to resemble a battlement , bestowed upon the soldier who first climbed the wall of a besieged city or fortress to successfully place the standard (flag) of the attacking army upon it. The Roman mural crown was made of gold, and decorated with turrets, as is the heraldic version. As it was among the highest order of military decorations, it was not awarded to

361-506: Was subsequently employed in European heraldry , where the term denoted a crown modeled after the walls of a castle, which may be tinctured or (gold), argent (silver), gules (red), or proper (i.e. stone-coloured). In 19th-century Germany, mural crowns ( Mauerkronen ) came to be adopted for the arms of cities, with increasingly specific details: "Residential (i.e. having a royal residence ) cities and capital towns usually bear

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