Latina, Lazio

**Latina** () is the caipital o the province o Latina in the Lazio region, in central Italy. , the ceety haes 115,895 indwallers an is sicweys the seicont-lairgest ceety o the region, efter the naitional caipital Roum. It wis foondit in 1932 unner the fascist admeenistration, as **Littoria**, when the aurie surroondin it, which haed been a swamp syne antiquity, wis drained.

## History

Latina wis foondit bi Benito Mussolini on 30 Juin 1932 as **Littoria**, named for the fascio littorio. The ceety wis inauguratit on 18 Dizember o the same year. Littoria wis populatit wi settlers comin mainly frae Friuli an Veneto, who formit the sae-cried Venetian-Pontine commonty (the day survivin anerly in some peripherical boroughs). The edifices an the monuments, mainly in rationalist style, wur designed bi famous airchitects an airtists sic as Marcello Piacentini, Angiolo Mazzoni an Duilio Cambellotti.

In 1934 it became a provincial caipital an, efter Warld War II, renamit **Latina** in 1946. Wi the arrival o ither fowk maistly frae Lazio itsel, the oreeginal Venetian-lik dialect wis increasingly substitutit bi a form o Romanesco dialect.

The ceety coat o airms is a blue shield wi a stylisit drawin o the Ceety Haw Clock Touer in the middle, staundin on a field o green, an flankit bi twa stalks o wheat tee'd at the base wi a reid ribbon engravit wi the motto "*LATINA OLIM PALUS*" ("Latina, ance a swamp") in Laitin. The shield is surmoontit bi a mural croun.  The airms combine the three colours o the Banner o Italy (red, white, an green) wi the "*Azzurro Savoia*" (the blue o the Hoose o Savoy).

## Economy
The ceety haes some pharmaceutical, chemical industry, cheese production an haes a strang service sector. Latina is an important centre for agricultur an aw (vegetables, flouers, succar, fruit, cheese an derivates).

The umwhile Latina nuclear pouer plant is nou shutdoun an unnergoin decommissionin.

## ''Frazioni''
The frazioni o 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, an Tor Tre Ponti.

## Geografie
Latina is locatit in the Province o Latina, pairt o the soothren section o the region o Lazio. The ceety is aboot  sooth o Roum The municipality borders on Aprilia, Cisterna di Latina, Nettuno, Pontinia, Sabaudia, Sermoneta an Sezze.

### Climate
Latina haes a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification *Csa*) lik maist o soothren Italy.




## In popular cultur
The Italian film *[[My Brother Is an Only Child]]* is set in Latina.

## Notable residents
* Tiziano Ferro, pop sangster
* Antonio Pennacchi, writer

## International relations

### Twin touns / Sister ceeties

Latina is twinned wi:
*  Palos de la Frontera, Spain
*  Farroupilha, Brazil
*  Birkenhead, Ingland

## Gallery

File:Sanmarcolatina.jpg|St. Mark's Cathedral
File:Fontana in Piazza Prefettura.jpg|The foontain in Piazza Libertà
File:Borgo Sabotino church 3.jpg|The kirk o Borgo Sabotino
|The Stadio Domenico Francioni


## See an aw
*Latina railwey station
*F.C. Latina, a fitbaa club

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Official website
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