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Nettuno , town (1991 pop. 33,827), in Latium, central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is an agricultural center and a seaside resort. With nearby Anzio it was the site of an Allied landing (Jan. 22, 1944) in World War II.

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Nettuno, Lazio/Italy May allude to the Roman god of the sea, Neptune, to whom some temple here may have been dedicated.

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