THE GREAT CONSULAR ROAD THAT FROM ROME REACHED THE BORDERS OF THE EMPIRE. WE GO ALONG THE SAME RUTS LEFT BY THE CHARIOTS OF THE ROMAN CENTURIES AMONG THE REMAINS OF AQUEDUCTS AND ROMAN VILLAS.
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THE GREAT CONSULAR ROAD THAT FROM ROME REACHED THE BORDERS OF THE EMPIRE. WE GO ALONG THE SAME RUTS LEFT BY THE CHARIOTS OF THE ROMAN CENTURIES AMONG THE REMAINS OF AQUEDUCTS AND ROMAN VILLAS. |
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"Regina Viarum" : The Queen of Roads. That is how the ancient Romans called the Via Appia, a real highway of the times. Began in 312 b.C. by Appio Claudio and finished in the 2nd century a.C., this Consular road initially connected Rome with Capua and Benevento but, once finished, reached as far as Taranto and Brindisi. Incredibly suggestive is the typical Roman pavement, the square Saxo; blocks of tuff and lava that still today we can travel along. |
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For the Romans it was a road of commerce, but also a place to bury their dead. Along the way we can in fact find the tombs of the poor (plebes), the so called "Colombari" – locules with the typical shape of pigeons nests, but also the tombs of aristocratic families and famous personalities like the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, that of the Curiazi and the philosopher Senaca. |
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We come across the 5th century church Domine Quo Vadis built in the place where, as the legend says, Saint Peter met Jesus, the first a fugitive from the Mamertino prison the second on his way to Rome. The Saint asked Jesus, "Domine Quo Vadis?" (Lord, where are you going?). The Lord answered, "I’m coming to Rome to be crucified again". Touched by these words St. Peter decided to return to Rome and suffer martyrdom. |
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The great arches of the
Claudio Aqueduct, now the Park of the Aqueducts, frame the
roman countryside. The great aqueduct is one of the most photographed images
of the world and is a suggestive and important example of majestic roman
building techniques. We stop among the remains of the Circus of Massenzio
that could host up to 10.000 spectators.
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From a quarry of tufaceous rock on the Via
Appia came the term catacomb: a cavity that then assumed the meaning of
underground cemetery. The Catacombs of San Callisto, the largest
and most monumental of Rome, occupy an area of 15 hectares and develop
along more than 20 km of galleries that are up to 20 metres deep. The most
sacred place is the Small Vatican were the remains of 9 Popes lie
beside the Crypt of S. Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
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ROMAInsieme - THE VIA APPIA ANTICA
The Consular road where everything seems to have gone back in the centuries
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