Baia Domizia is a seaside resort in the Region of Campania , Italy, at the border with Latium, a natural border marked by the Garigliano River.
6-453: The name of the resort comes from its geographical position, since the village was founded mid-way along the bay of Gaeta, i.e., along the Domitian coast, which extends from Pozzuoli to Baia, following the modern Via Domiziana (SS7 quarter). The beach was created by the now extinct volcano of Roccamonfina , and the resident population is under 1,000 as of 2010. The village‘s administration
12-464: Is divided between the Councils of Cellole and of Sessa Aurunca . Originally, it was entirely included in the territory administered by Sessa Aurunca, but in 1973, Cellole, also previously included within the area of Sessa Aurunca, gained independent administration. Baia was then divided between the two areas: the eastern and southern parts were assigned to Cellole, while the northern part stayed under
18-591: Is the modern name for the Via Domitiana in the Campania region of Italy , a major Roman road built in 95 AD under (and named for) the emperor, Domitian , to facilitate access to and from the important ports of Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli ) and Portus Julius (home port of the western Imperial fleet, consisting of the waters around Baiae and Cape Misenum ) in the Gulf of Naples . The Via Domitiana
24-585: The Via Domitiana to Naples. It was damaged by Alaric in 420 AD and ultimately destroyed by Gaiseric in 455 AD. It was partially restored under various rulers of the Kingdom of Naples in the Middle Ages and in its modern guise is a major coast road leading north from Naples. Statius wrote an entire poem on the theme of Via Domitiana. He recalled the progress made by the new road and praised
30-719: The administration of Sessa Aurunca. The settlement was born at the beginning of the 1960s, when Baia Domizia was planned and built as a tourist resort. The first building site was opened on 7 April 1963. The planning of Baia Domizia was an initiative of the Town Council of Sessa Aurunca, and it was built by a firm located in Veneto, Aurunca Litora' SpA, chaired by the Paduan industrialist Giuseppe Longato. 41°12′N 13°48′E / 41.200°N 13.800°E / 41.200; 13.800 Via Domiziana Via Domiziana
36-686: Was not built from scratch, but was based on an existing road and it also used works undertaken in the Neronian period for the construction of the Fossa Neronis (the canal intended to connect Rome to Pozzuoli). The road left the Appian Way at Formiae or Sinuessa. It followed the coast and crossed the rivers Savona and Volturna, passed through an area of coastal lagoons by Linterne and Cumae and ended in Pozzuoli . In 102 Trajan extended
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