A walking tour in , region , center Italy, province of , a small town of about 3.100 inhabitants.

** Sperlonga was the first ever walk I did for this channel, 2 years ago more or less and I was happy to try to get back to the beginning with this video, and trying to see the differencies, and the angles I couldn't walk in 2 years ago... I hope you enjoy this new walk of a stunning town in the pontine coast of Lazio **
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In the territory there are traces of human activity starting from the upper Paleolithic.
According to a mythical tradition, near Sperlonga stood the city of Amyclae (in Greek Αμύκλαι), founded by the Spartans.

In Roman times, numerous villas arose in the territory, framed in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Fundi, the most famous of which is the socalled one of the emperor Tiberius, including a modified natural cave decorated with sculptures from the cycle of Ulysses. The villas also served as production centers for the fishing industry.

In the 6th century the ruins of the imperial villa were used as a refuge, but the town developed on the nearby promontory of San Magno, a spur of the Aurunci mountains, to defend against raids by sea by the Saracens. The name probably derives from the large cave (spelunca) incorporated in the villa of Tiberius.

The castrum Speloncae is mentioned in a document from the 10th century: it included a small church dedicated to St. Peter, the patron saint of fishermen. The town developed around the castle progressively, in concentric circles.

In the 11th century the town was surrounded by walls, of which two....
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0:00 [Drone intro]
2:00 [Walking tour begins / Belvedere]
8:54 [Freedom Square / Piazza della Libertà]
10:10 [...walking in the narrow alleys...]
13:00 [Sea panorama through walls]
14:00 [...walking continues...]
18:48 [Piazza della Libertà]
20:00 [...walking in the narrow alleys...]
26:15 [Brief History☀]
30:14 [Church of St.Maria]
33:23 [Murales remembering the saracens and the battles for Sperlonga☀]
37:00 [...walking continues...]
54:23 [Exit gate toward the sea]
57:00 [Chapel of St.Rocco 15th century]
1:00:00 [Piazza Fontana]
1:05:21 [Water Spring square]
1:07:00 [Walking toward the Truglia Tower]
1:11:30 [Tower Truglia☀]
1:15:00 [Descending to the port]
1:20:00 [10 minutes of ambience sound of Sperlonga and its port]


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