Editing Formia (section)

==Main sights==

The most famous monument of Formia is the mausoleum traditionally identified with the [[Tomb of Cicero]]: it is a {{convert|24|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} tower on the old Appian Way, enclosed in a large {{convert|83|by|68|m|ft|adj=on}} funerary precinct.

Other sights include:
*Tower of Mola 
*Tower of Castellone
*Roman cistern, one of the world's largest. Similar to the structures in Constantinople and in the Domitian's villa of [[Albano Laziale|Albano]], it dates from the 1st century BC.
*Remains of the so-called Roman Villa of [[Mamurra]] at Gianola,<ref>{{Cite web |title=VILLA DI MAMURRA (Formia) |url=https://www.romanoimpero.com/2018/02/villa-di-mamurra-formia.html?hl=en |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=romanoimpero.com}}</ref> partly destroyed in 1943, including the cisterns of ‘Maggiore’ and of ‘36 columns’, aqueducts, ''[[cryptoporticus]]'' and thermal baths. At the centre of the villa at the highest point of the promontory was a grandiose octagonal building also known as the Temple of Janus, which was flanked by two wings and two porticos sloping down towards the sea.<ref>Nicoletta Cassieri, Primi interventi di scavo archeologico e di conservazione nella villa romana di Gianola, in Formianum, III 1995</ref> Nearby at Porticciolo Romano are the remains of its fishponds.<ref> Michele Stefanile e Fabrizio Pesando, Le ricerche dell’Università di Napoli “L’Orientale” nelle villae maritimae del Lazio meridionale: Gianola, Sperlonga, Gaeta, in Massimo Capulli (ed.) Il patrimonio culturale sommerso. Ricerche e proposte per il futuro dell’archeologia subacquea in Italia. Udine 2019, pp. 69-78</ref> Five busts of male heads dating from the 2nd/3rd century AD have recently been excavated<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2015/07/15/archaeological-dig-reveals-ancient-roman-home_a977c783-8fa9-4d08-80aa-6c91dd9f1b9d.html | title=Archaeological dig reveals ancient Roman home - English | date=15 July 2015 }}</ref>
*Many remains of Roman villas along the coast<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2015/07/21/mayor-launches-appeal-to-save-ciceros-villa-from-ruin_55a57cf3-5104-4a1a-8e19-bc4cd3261dbd.html | title=Mayor launches appeal to save Cicero's villa from ruin - English | date=21 July 2015 }}</ref>
*Roman buildings in the town
*Church of ''San Giovanni Battista e Lorenzo'', known from 841. It was almost entirely destroyed during World War II. It houses a panel by [[Antoniazzo Romano]] ({{Circa|1490}})
*Church of San Michele
*Church of ''San Luca'', known from the 15th century. It has a recently discovered crypt with frescos of ''Episodes of the New Testament'' and ''Madonna del Latte''.
*Renaissance monastery and church of ''Sant'Erasmo''. It was erected on the alleged site of the saint's martyrdom.
*Archaeological Museum.
*Regional Park of Gianola and Mount of Scauri.
*[[Formia War Memorial]], with the large bronze sculpture ''Sacraficio'' by [[Dora Ohlfsen-Bagge]]