Emotions overwhelm me! I have once again found a place where the spirit of antiquity surrounds me everywhere...
It is such a warm and cozy feeling, when I go behind the protective wall that surrounds the old city of Sermoneta on all sides, in the vicinity of the city Latina, and walk leisurely through the narrow streets, looking with pleasure at every window, door, vase with flowers... The people who live here are as respectable as their city!
We first saw the ancient town of Sermoneta while driving down the road in our rental car. The next day we took the route the GPS showed us, which was a surprise because the shorter route turned out to be quite extreme. We drove along a steep, dangerous mountain road and only saw Sermoneta from above, and the sunset over the town!... And finally, after a few days, we arrived here.
In front of the main entrance to the city, there is a quietly gurgling fountain, and people like to sit and rest here. Immediately on the left is a church with a few staircase.
I turn left and plunge into the labyrinth of narrow streets, where ancient stone walls are entwined with green twisted plants. My children are no here already, and it is a challenge to find them later in this mysterious city where history lives...
Unexpectedly, I find an ancient church, which leans against the blue sky with its tower. There is a service going on. I quietly enter the door, sit down on a bench to listen and experience a moment of mystery of communication with God in this hallowed space... But the stern lady points to my bare shoulders! - you can't be here like this! I say: sorry and go outside :)
Walking further, I photograph every element of this amazing culture of real Italy and which can be preserved only in ancient villages. This is a wooden barrel, stone vases with flowers, arched entrances to houses... All this creates a unique face of Sermoneta. Latina. And they sell wine and fresh mushrooms, so similar to those I collected in Ukraine - foxes and red-headed!
My children found themselves and we decided to drink coffee. After all, it is a good tradition to drink coffee in every new place where we are. Cappuccino is the best choice that suits us all :) Italian coffee is really delicious. A friendly curly southern Italian young waiter is happy to recommend us a dessert with coffee - a cake with apple - berry jam.
Thanks @millycf1976 for creating Cinnamon Cup Coffee for good coffee lovers :)
And here is the coolest highlight of the city of Sermoneta in my opinion - tall old houses connected to each other as if by brick bridges. It creates such exotic pictures that I want to photograph these architectural masterpieces from all angles, and every time I get amazing pictures against the background of the blue sky!
Another unique puzzle of this mysterious city is its windows with figured bars.
Life in this stone jungle, where tourists walk every day and look in the windows, must be original :)
Here, for example, I quietly looked inside the house to see the mysterious space of the city's inhabitants...
Do you feel the spirit of antiquity, which is present in these stone walls and behind metal bars... I am glad that you are walking with me :)
Darinka excitedly ran up to me to show me the miracle of the faucet, which had a button on the side and the water rose up in the form of a fountain to drink :)
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We found a particularly beautiful square with a view of the mountains and steep stone steps between the houses. Here we made a stop and took a photo of me by heart. And the red cat leisurely walked down the stairs, ignoring the people)
This post is written about where I am now. But I'll be back to telling my travel story, sequentially describing all the places I changed in my #TheLongestTrip
I thank everyone for your support ❤️