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2021-05-15
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The Pyramid of Cestius

Archaeology

The Pyramid of Cestius was built in the 1st century BC along the Via Ostiense, as usual at that time. Despite that, it is one of the most unusual funerary monuments in Rome.

At first sight, one might believe to be in Egypt, or maybe in Las Vegas.

But it is in the center of Rome, in the Ostiense district, and with a 20-minute walk you can reach the Colosseum. Instead, the Via Ostiense takes you to Ostia, the ancient port of Rome.

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5 Min Read 2021-03-03 1 Reply

The Capitoline Hill in Rome: the greatness of a small hill [VIDEO]

Archaeology, Design, Squares, Walking into the History

History books tell us that Rome was founded on seven hills.

First Romulus created a small village on the Palatine Hill; later this village incorporated others, to form the city of Rome.

Not far from the Palatine Hill is a small hill, the smallest of the legendary seven.

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7 Min Read 2017-12-27 No Reply

All roads lead to Rome

Archaeology

For a long time, the Etruscans governed Rome, and by them the Romans borrowed habits and practices. Etruscans were, in fact, three of the seven legendary kings who governed Rome: the Tarquinii (Tarquin the Elder, Servius Tullius, Tarquin the Proud).

In 509 BC The last Etruscan King Tarquin the Proud was banned from Rome, Etruscan rule over the city done and the Republic began.

If the presence of the Etruscans in Rome considerably  influenced the customs of the original population (especially religion, with the construction of important temples and shrines, or the construction of essential infrastructures fot the future of Rome such as Cloaca Maxima or the drainage of the Valley of the Forum), their absence also brought great changes to Roman society.

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Photo-post #3 – The Ludovisi throne

Archaeology

The Ludovisi Throne is a three faces bas-relief, found in 1887 in Villa Ludovisi, built on Horti Sallustiani (garden of Sallust) area.
Its authenticity is still debated: the majority accept the provenance from Magna Grecia, and more precisely from the Venus temple located in Locri (in the south of Italy), but an alternative view of this story tells that this sculpture is a false, made in late 1800.

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5 Min Read 2016-04-15 1 Reply

The transformations of the Temple of Portunus, with recently discovered medioeval frescoes and hidden identities

Archaeology

In the valley called Velabro, the area where the city of Rome was born, there is a small temple, which integrity is surprising. Less known than the round next to it (mistakenly known as a temple to Vesta, but in fact the temple of Hercules Victor), the rectangular temple in the Forum Boario (old cattle market) was dedicated to Portunus (Aedes Portuni) and it is now considered the most complete temple of Rome.

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Mirta
I'm Mirta, I was born in Rome, where I also live in, and work as Tourist Guide in Rome and Latium I am gratuated in Art History and Museology at the university Università degli studi Roma Tre; I spent a long time in Paris to study at the École du Louvre. With my studies a get specialized in Art History and Archaeology, and I love to share everything I know about that. I love travelling, and consider every travel as a great way to make new experiences and discover different sides of life. Each single travel leave in our deep something important, and we have to be ready to seize: that allows us to grow up every instant, and makes us rich, as nothing else is able to do. All my travels and people i met, gave me great experiences, and all these are so important for my profession. This blog is like my shared clipboard, where a lot of different elements and suggestions concur to define an image of what I'd like to share which everyone would like to meet me during a tour.

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