Walk, mosey, stroll and sashay around the neighborhood
So not every day is a touring day. Some days we just got out of the house and wandered around not looking for anything in particular. During these uncharted adventures, quite frequently (as in always) we came across small, lesser noticed ruins that may have a significant past. Here are some of those “strolling” ruins for your viewing pleasure. Hopefully my research wasn’t too far off and I have the descriptions correct.
16th century Jewish Ghettarello or small ghetto with animal drinking troughs.
Two of the more popular places
That perfect gift for a loved one, perfume and condoms
Just can’t get away from
Roughly translated: the road of the beautiful royal highness Collette
Triumphal Portico di Monte Caprino
Trajan’s Forum. A rather large compound built to honor the emperor with libraries, a basilica, couple of monuments, a column that is engraved with the Emperor’s conquests and victories, and of course, a temple or two.
Insulae
Temple of Trajan
Trajan’s Column
Emperor Trajan
Norcineria Viola – In ancient Rome, every citizen was given 5#s of pork every month, free. There has been a butcher shop on this site since 1st century AD. (Watch BBC series “Building Ancient Rome”, Part 2)
And some sites are closed, would have been nice to know before we walked 3 miles to see them.
Area Archeological – pretty damned closed
And some are really unique, like the Sepulcher of Marco Virgilio Eurisace. Marco was a baker in 1st century Rome and apparently did very well. He was a freedman, a former slave, who built his own tomb that is today one of the best preserved in Rome. Just below the cornice is the frieze that depicts the various labor-intensive activities of a baker.
This monument is located alongside the aqueduct, Aqua Claudia, one of the 4 great aqueducts of ancient Rome, started in 38AD and finished in 52AD.
