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Archaeological site · Roccamonfina (CE)

Orto della Regina

  • Visit: about 1 h 30 min
  • 914 m
Orto della Regina
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At 928 metres near Roccamonfina, the Orto della Regina is an Auruncan polygonal-masonry enclosure set among chestnut trees.

On a peak just below the summit of Monte La Frascara, at 928 metres and close to the border with Sessa Aurunca, lies the Orto della Regina ("Queen's Garden"), an archaeological site in the territory of Roccamonfina. Its walls are thought to date from the 6th–5th century BC and to be the work of the Aurunci; later the Samnites are believed to have used it as a lookout in their wars against Rome.The enclosure, an irregular polygon, measures about 180 metres in perimeter and is built of large dry-laid trachyte blocks in polygonal masonry. We like its excellent state of preservation and the chestnut wood that surrounds it. We suggest looking for the single entrance on the south-east side and imagining the place's ancient, perhaps sacred, function.

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