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Latina (Italian:[laˈtiːna]ⓘ) is the capital of theprovince of Latina, in theLazio region, inCentral Italy. As of 2024, the city has 127,486 inhabitants and is the second-largest city of the region, after the national capitalRome.[3]
It is one of the youngest cities in Italy, being founded asLittoria in 1932 under thefascist administration, whenthe area surrounding it which had been a swamp since antiquity was drained.
Although the area was first settled by theLatins, the modern city was founded byBenito Mussolini on 30 June 1932 as Littoria, named for thefascio littorio. The city was inaugurated on 18 December of the same year, 171 days only to build up . Littoria was populated with settlers coming mainly fromFriuli andVeneto, who formed the so-called Venetian-Pontine community (today surviving only in some peripheral boroughs). The edifices and the monuments, mainly inrationalist style, were designed by famous architects and artists such asMarcello Piacentini,Angiolo Mazzoni and Duilio Cambellotti.
In 1934 it became a provincial capital and, afterWorld 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 ofRomanesco 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 ofwheat tied at the base with a red ribbon engraved with the mottoLATINA OLIM PALUS ("Latina, once a swamp") inLatin. The shield is surmounted by amural crown.
The city has somepharmaceutical,chemical industry and a strong service sector. Latina is also an important centre for agriculture (vegetables, flowers, sugar, fruit, cheese and derivates).
Thefrazioni 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.
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