Ardea, Lazio

Ardea (Ancient Greek: Ἀρδέα) is a city and comune(municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital in the region of Lazio in Italy, 35 kilometres (22 miles) south of the city centre of Rome and about 4 kilometres (2 miles) from the coast. It has 51,374 inhabitants.

The economy is mostly based on agriculture, although, starting from the 1970s, industry has played an increasingly important role.