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Extract from the Minturno Travel Guides:
A few kilometres south of Formia - and the next stop on the train -
MINTURNO
is the last town before the Campania border, a maze of tiny lanes and vaulted streets oddly reminiscent of an Arab
medina
. The main square is dominated by a massive crumbling
castle
, which was owned until the middle of this century by the Carraciolo-Carafa dynasty; a plaque on the west wall recalls a visit by St Thomas Aquinas in 1272. Behind, the town's
Duomo
is a Norman structure not unlike that of nearby Sessa Arunca or Ravello, with a similar colourfully mosaicked pulpit. About 4km south of town are...
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