Sessa Aurunca - a commune in the province of Caserta in the Italian region of Campania. It is located on the southwestern slopes of the volcano roccamonfina 40 km from Caserta and 30 km from Formia.

The modern city was founded on the site of ancient settlement Suessa Aurunca near the banks of the River Garigliano. And before him at an altitude of 600 meters above sea level in a narrow south-western tip of the crater lay another settlement, which still has the remains of cyclopean buildings.

The 337-year ancient settlement was abandoned, and in 313, the year a little apart was founded Latin colonies Suessa Aurunca. It was one of the few cities that had the right to mint its own coins. Cicero speaks of it as a place, which had a certain significance. In Suessa Aurunca even settled some retired statesmen of the Roman Empire.

In Sessa Aurunca preserved numerous monuments of Roman architecture, such as the ruins of the ancient brick bridge, which consisted of 21 minutes arch, fragments of the structure under the church of San Benedetto, the ruins of a building at the monastery of San Giovanni, which was probably a public indoor gallery and amphitheater.

Landmark is the Romanesque cathedral of the Middle Ages. Its construction was started in 1103, the year. Inside the cathedral has a central nave and two aisles, the mosaic floor made in the technique of "cosmatesque" and pulpit rests on columns and decorated with mosaics reflecting the influence of Moorish art. A similar style are the Easter candelabrum and body. The portal of the cathedral is decorated with curious sculptures of saints Peter and Paul.

A popular quarter Sessa Aurunca Baia Domizia is built as a tourist resort in the 1960s. This resort is situated among the thickets of Italian stone pines on the beach and remarkable 7 miles of private beaches. Recently Baia Domizia is considered one of the best resorts in Campania.