Law earmarks funds for Latina's 100th birthday

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 15 - A new law has earmarked hundreds of thousands of euros to set up commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the City of the Duce, Latina nèe Littoria, south of Rome in the Pontine Marshes reclaimed by Mussolini in 1932.
    The 2032 events will underscore "Italian rationalist architecture, the land reclamations, the welcome given to settlers form northern Italy, intercultural dialogue and historic reflection,both at a national and international level," sharing information with other new towns founded in the 1930, official said Sunday.
    Latina is now the capital of the eponymous province, the second biggest in Lazio after Rome.
    It was one of several towns set up after the swamps were drained in the 20s and 30s by the Fascist dictator, also including Pontinia, Aprilia, and the lovely seaside Sabaudia, still a haunt for left-leaning Roman literati, glitterati and other cultural heavyweights.
    photo: Mussolini helping win the Wheat War in the 1930s near latina (ANSA).