[CK] Monte Circeo
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member kazuma
N 41° 13.813 E 013° 04.990
33T E 339349 N 4566085
The "Monte Circeo" (Circeo Mountain), withe the spahe of a lady... the "Maga Circe".
Waymark Code: WM1EZ
Location: Lazio, Italy
Date Posted: 09/14/2005
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member GeoMonkeys
Views: 90

Have you read the "Odissea", the poem written by the greek Omero?
Well, during the trip of the main character of the poem, Ulisse (Odisseo), it stops in a place where he meets the "Maga Circe" (Circe witch). One of the legends related to the meeting between Ulisse and Circe is that when he leaves she lay down and fell asleep with the hair in the water and then she got transformed into a mountain.
As you can see from the pictures, the mountain has the shape of a human profile.

We went up to the top, but since we were there with our new baby (less than 2 months old at that time), we stop at the "Crocette" that is the highest point that you can reach by car. The coordinates are taken there.
The previous day we went down to the "Circeo Lighthouse" (N41 13.340 E13 04.110), but the weather was pretty cloudy and windy (that is why we went up the day after, wonderful weather).

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Avete letto l'"Odissea", il poema epico scritto da Omero?
Beh, durante il viaggio il personaggio principale Ulisse (Odisseo), si ferma in un posto dove incontra la "Maga Circe". Una leggenda racconta che quando lui l'ha lasciata, lei si [ addormentata con i capelli in acqua e si [ trasformata in una montagna.
Come potete vedere dalle immagini, la montagna ha proprio un profilo umano.

Siamo saliti in cima, ma visto che eravamo con la nostra piccola Nicole (all'epoca meno di due mesi), ci siamo fermati nel punto pi\ in alto raggiungibile in macchina.
Il giorno precedente siamo stati al "faro del Circeo" (N41 13.340 E13 04.110), ma il tempo era nuvoloso e troppo ventoso ed [ per questo che abbiamo aspettato il giorno dopo per salire, con una bellissima giornata.
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