Heritage
Villa Talamo is a historic property that dates back to the 18th century
Villa Talamo is a historic property that dates back to the 18th century. Talamone was an ancient and flourishing city already in Etruscan times. It was known by the Etruscans as Tlamun, by the Latins as Talamo, and even earlier, by the Greeks, as Telamon or Thalamon.
Legend has it that the name of Talamone comes directly from the Greek hero Telamone. It is said that Telamone landed here on his way back from Calabria and is buried right under the Rocca.
The first news we have about Talamone speak of an ancient Etruscan nucleus, Tlamu, which stood near the hill of Talamonaccio. The temple of Talamonaccio, was built by the Etruscans in the 4th century, B.C. in honor of the god Tinia and a goddess whose name we do not know. The remains of the temple’s foundations still exist along with the splendid Talamone Pediment representing the myth of the “Seven against Thebes (by Aeschylus 467 BC).
In 225 BC it saw a decisive battle between Romans and the Gauls heading towards Rome. The Gauls were made up of an alliance between various populations, they were headed by the kings Concolitano and Aneroesto, and had the objective of joining the Carthaginian troops to march on Rome. However, the two armies failed to meet because the Remans, commanded by Gaius Ablius Regolo and Ludus Aemilius Papus, annihilated the Gauls in the battle of Talamone where King Aneroesto and the consul Gaius Atilius Regolo also lost their lives.
In 1356 Talamone became the commercial port of Florence, then in 1557 it became part of the State of the Presidi, and in 1815 Garibaldi stopped at Talamone, during an expedition to Egypt also known as “The Thousand”, to stock up on weapons and food.