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Anzio

Port and resort on the west coast of Italy in Lazio region, 57 km/36 mi southeast of Rome; population (2001) 37,000. Fishing is an important industry, and it is the ferry point for the Pontine Islands. The resort is a popular watersports centre; the Festa del Moree sailing races take place here in June. The town was the birthplace of the Roman emperor Nero.

Anzio has been a popular resort since Roman times; the modern town dates from the restoration of the harbour in 1698 by Innocent XII. In 1944 the beachheads at Anzio and Nettuno, 4 km/2.5 mi down the coast, were the scene of the Battle of Anzio, an important subsidiary front in the Allies' campaign in World War II. Nettuno is the site of a US military cemetery.



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