Pomezia () is a municipality (''

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'') in the

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. In 2009 it had a population of about 60,000.

History

The town was built entirely new near the location of ancient

Lavinium Lavinium was a port city of Latium, to the south of Rome, midway between the Tiber river at Ostia and Antium. The coastline then, as now, was a long strip of beach. Lavinium was on a hill at the southernmost edge of the ''Silva Laurentina'', a ...

on land resulting from the final reclamation of the

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under Benito Mussolini, being inaugurated on 29 October 1939. Its new population was extracted from the poor peasants of Romagna,

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and

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. Peace did not last long. After being occupied by the forces of the Third Reich, Pomezia was heavily bombed during the Battle of Anzio in

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. After the end of the war, Pomezia developed as a strong industrial center, especially in the medical and

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sectors, as well as a recreational center. It is also home to the production plant of Italian food company

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. ''Pratica di Mare'' is the ''frazione'' of Pomezia where the ruins of the ancient port of

are located, now from the

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. The ancient community was on some hilly ground at the mouth of a stream. Currently the flat alluvial sediment between the hill and the beach is occupied by

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, a facility of the Aeronautica Militare that also finds great utility as a secure airport and a location for air shows and races. The name of Pomezia comes from the Latin city of

Suessa Pometia Suessa Pometia ( el, ; also Pometia) was an ancient city of Latium, which had ceased to exist in historical times. Although the modern city of Pomezia is named after it, the exact location of the ancient city is unknown. It bordered on the Pomp ...

, although it is unknown where Pometia was located.

Sport

The most popular sport in Pomezia is football (soccer). The oldest and the biggest football club in the ''

'' is

Pomezia Calcio S.S.D. Pomezia Calcio is an Italian football club based in Pomezia, Lazio, currently playing in Serie D. History The foundation The club was formed in 1957 from the merger between ''A.S. Pomezia'' (1949) and ''Virtus Pomezia'' (1956). The se ...

, that plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

Twin towns — sister cities

Pomezia is twinned with: * Singen,

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