Castro dei Volsci. Monument to Ciociarian Mamma

This white marble Monument to Ciociarian Mamma in Castro dei Volsci is one of Ciociaria's symbols, the region in southern Lazio.

Not only because it draws on the famous movie with Sofia Loren (La Ciociara) but because the lookout on which it is located.

The terrace of Castro dei Volsci built on ancient wall has an incredible view across the Valle del Sacco from Frosinone to the beginning of Cassino, from the Lepini Mountains to the Ernici and the Ausoni.

With the Apennines mountains in the background.

 


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Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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