Mondragone

Mondragone is an Italian city of 28,992 population in the province of Caserta in Campania. The origins of the metropolis, placed between the Volturno and Garigliano plains, date again to the Quaternary length and the first population of the vicinity, after the Neolithic duration, were the Auruncis. These lived in villages scattered over the territory, without fortifications and consequently they had been easy prey of the Romans who overcame them and in 296 BC they founded the colony of Sinuessa near the hills of Vescia , in which the Greek metropolis of Sinope as soon as stood.

The precise fertility of the soil and the proximity of the sea meant that during a quick time the colony changed into populated, attracting special residents and coming to contain almost 9 thousand in the flat place. Starting then from the second century BC the cultivation of the vine commenced to spread in a brief time the wine production of Falerno , extolled through Virgil in severa works as nectar of the gods , carried out very considerable consequences and the town started to experience a massive renown . Also the proximity of the Appian Wayfacilitated trade and tourism exchanges.