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Latium Das Land um Rom mit Spaziergängen in der Ewigen Stadt Kunst-Reiseführer In der vorderen Umschlagklappe: In der hinteren Umschlagklappe: Übersichtskarte Latium Stadtplan von Rom jlnhalt Natur und Geschichte Latium, Land des Mythos 10 Geschichtlicher Überblick 14 Latium und Rom 14 Vorgeschichte 14 Die Etrusker 16 Unter römischer Herrschaft 18 Völkerwanderungszeit und Mittelalter 20 Von der Renaissance bis zur Einigung Italiens: Latium im Kirchenstaat 23 Von 1870 bis heute 25 Daten zur Geschichte 28 Landschaft 30 Tier- und Pflanzenwelt 32 Galerie bedeutender Persönlichkeiten 34 Unterwegs in Latium Etruskerland: Der Norden Latiums vom Bolsena-See bis Rom 40 Um den Bolsena-See 42 Bolsena 42 Montefiascone 49 Acquapendente 53 Civita di Bagnoregio 54 Tuscania und Vulci 56 Viterbo 67 Die Umgebung Viterbos 76 Ferento und Acquarossa 76 Bagnaia und die Villa Lante 77 Bomarzo und der Parco dei Mostri 82 Soriano nel Cimino 86 Caprarola und der Palazzo Farnese 87 Ronciglione und der Vico-See 90 S. Martino al Cimino 92 Etruskische Felsnekropolen 94 Castel d'Asso 96 Norchia 96 Blera 98 S. Giuliano 99 Tarquinia 101 Cerveteri und Umgebung 117 Cerveteri 117 Civitavecchia 123 Um den Bracciano-See 124 Bracciano 124 Tolfa-Berge 128 Sutri 129 Am Berg Soracte 132 Nepi 132 Castel S. Elia 133 Civita Castellana 136 Soracte 138 Nazzano, Lucus Feroniae, Calcata 140 Latinisches Bergland zwischen Tiber, Sacco und dem Hochgebirge 142 Tivoli und Umgebung 144 Villa d'Este 146 Villa Adriana 152 Vicovaro und das Landgut des Horaz 156 Die Sabiner Berge 158 S. Giovanni in Argentella 159 Farfa 159 S. Maria in Vescovio 162 Monteleone Sabino 164 Im Hochgebirge von Rieti nach Accumoli 168 Rieti 168 Klöster in der Ebene von Rieti 171 Rundfahrt durch die Monti Reatini 174 Von Palestrina nach Subiaco: Landschaften der romantischen Maler 179 Palestrina 180 Castel S. Pietro Romano und Olevano Romano 184 Dörfer der Malerlandschaft 189 Subiaco 191 Die Ciociaria 198 Anagni 198 Segni und Fiuggi 206 Ferentino 207 Alatri 210 Trisulti 211 Veroli 211 Casamari 212 Arpino 217 Montecassino 218 Rom 223 Vom Palatin zum Kapital: Das antike Rom 224 Palatin 224 Forum Romanum 228 Kolosseum und Konstantinsbogen 231 Kaiserforen und Kapital 233 In der Altstadt: Um Pantheon und Piazza Navona 238 Das barocke Rom: Von der Piazza del Popolo zur Piazza della Repubblica 245 Jenseits des Tiber: Trastevere und Vatikan 249 Frühchristliche Kirchen: Von S. Maria Maggiore zum Lateran 255 Aventin und Coelius 260 Außerhalb der Stadtmauern 264 Museen 268 Südlich von Rom 272 Die Albaner Berge 274 Frascati 274 Tusculum 276 Grottaferrata 277 Von Rocca di Papa nach Velletri 278 Die Lepinischen Berge und die Pontinische Ebene 282 Cori und Ninfa 282 Norma und Norba 286 Sermoneta 287 Priverno 288 Fossanova 288 Pontinische Ebene 293 Monte Circeo 293 Die Küste von Terracina bis Minturno 295 Terracina 295 Fondi 301 Sperlonga und die Tiberius-Villa 302 Gaeta 307 Formia 310 Minturno 311 Die Ponzianischen Inseln 314 Glossar 317 Abbildungsnachweis 320 Tips und Adressen Hinweise für die Reiseplanung 323 Informationen für unterwegs - Von Ort zu Ort 325 Die Küche in Latium 338 Urlaubsaktivitäten 339 Kurzinformationen von A bis Z 340 Apotheken und ärztliche Versorgung 340 Behinderte 340 Diplomatische Vertretungen * 340 Einkaufen 340 Feiertage 340 Feste 340 Geld 342 Karten 342 Mietwagen 342 Notruf 342 Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel 342 Öffnungszeiten 343 Sicherheit 343 Telefonieren 343 Trinkgeld 344 Unterkunft 344 Zeitungen 344 Literaturauswahl 345 Register 347 Impressum 352 Verzeichnis der Karten und Stadtpläne Völker des alten Latium 15 Um den Bolsena-See 43 Viterbo 68 Die Umgebung Viterbos 81 Etruskische Felsnekropolen 95 Tarquinia 114 Um den Bracciano-See 125 Am Berg Soracte 132 Tivoli und Umgebung 146 Die Sabiner Berge 163 Rieti 169 Von Rieti nach Accumoli 172 Von Palestrina nach Subiaco 179 Die Ciociaria 199 In der Altstadt von Rom 239 Das barocke Rom 248 Jenseits des Tiber: Trastevere und Vatikan 252 Von S. Maria Maggiore zum Lateran 258 Aventin und Coelius 262 Die Albaner Berge 275 Die Lepinischen Berge und die Pontinische Ebene 282 Die Küste von Terracina bis Minturno 295 Terracina 298 Gaeta 308 Die Ponzianischen Inseln 314 Bitte schreiben Sie uns, wenn sich etwas geändert hat! Alle in diesem Buch enthaltenen Angaben wurden vom Autor nach bestem Wissen erstellt und von ihm und dem Verlag mit größtmögli- cher Sorgfalt überprüft. Gleichwohl sind - wie wir im Sinne des Produkthaftungsrechts betonen müssen - inhaltliche Fehler nicht vollständig auszuschließen. Daher erfolgen die Angaben ohne jegli- che Verpflichtung oder Garantie des Verlages oder des Autors. Bei- de übernehmen keinerlei Verantwortung und Haftung für etwaige inhaltliche Unstimmigkeiten. Wir bitten dafür um Verständnis und werden Korrekturhinweise gerne aufgreifen: DuMont Reiseverlag, Postfach 10 10 45, 50450 Köln Philipp Hackert, E-Mail: [email protected] Ansicht van Rocca- giovine (18, Jh.) D-.
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