Santa Severa

Santa Severa is a district of Santa Marinella and Tolfa in the province of Rome.

Santa Severa is a seaside resort on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the Nachfolgeort the Etruscan port city pyrgi.

Pyrgi was v. the 3rd century BC a Roman colony. On the beach, this city is 298 AD, the Christian girls Severa have suffered their martyrdom. It became the local patron saint. Since 850 is the name of Santa Severa instead pyrgi is securitized.

In the 9th century, the castle was built on the coast. The accompanying fortified village takes about a third of the Roman colony. The remains of the ancient port located in front of the castle under water. South of Santa Severa three temples of Etruscan pyrgi been excavated since 1954.

To the north of the medieval village was built after the Second World War, a residential and holiday development along the beach, which extends to Santa Marinella. The part of the settlement east of the railway line belongs to the municipality of Tolfa. Santa Severa has a station on the regional rail line FR5 ​​from Roma Termini to Civitavecchia.

The place is also accessible via the same exit of the A12 Autostrada Azzurra motorway from Rome to Civitavecchia.

Current situation

The historic castle village was renovated in recent years. It originated tourist facilities and museums. Because of unclear allocation of responsibilities between the municipality and the Lazio region with the restoration of the castle itself could not be brought to an end. Therefore, the castle was not accessible in the spring of 2013.

In the castle, in the future the Museo del Mare e della Navigazione Antica ( Museum of the Sea and the ancient seafaring ) to be housed in a building of the provisional Burdorfes has its seat until the completion of the renovation.