Lavinio Lavinio Lavinio Lido di Enea is a small sea side tourist town in the Lazio region of Italy, southwest of Rome. It is part of the municipality of Anzio. The name is derived from ancient Latin settlement of Lavinium, now from the sea, and part of the nearby municipality of Pomezia. The foundation of Lavinium is mentioned prominently in the great Roman epic, the Aeneid by the Mantuan poet Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil). Lavinio adjoins the regional park of Tor Caldara, which features a medieval watch tower that was built in the Middle Ages to defend the area from the
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