Today Rome, is warmy, cloudy, empty. Today Rome is gorgeous. We are in low season, the right moment to visit it peacefully. No queues, no traffic and lot of time to go to the discovery of hidden treasures, usually out of the main routes of tourism.
Thinking about that I went out for a walk perlustrating gentes sorrundings. Few minute later I reached Porta Maggiore.
From Wikipedia
The Porta Maggiore (”Larger Gate”), or Porta Prenestina, is one of the eastern gates in the ancient but well-preserved 3rd century Aurelian Walls of Rome.
Through the gate ran two ancient roads: the Via Praenestina and the Via Labicana. The Via Prenestina was the eastern road to the ancient town of Praeneste (modern Palestrina). The Via Labicana (now called the Via Casilina) heads southeast from the city.
The original gate was built centuries before the wall in 52 by the emperor Claudius, and is formed by arches through two aqueducts, the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus. It was constructed as a monumental double archway built of white travertine. It contains inscriptions in praise of the emperors Claudius, Vespasian, and Titus for their work on the aqueducts. It was first known as the Porta Prenestina. |
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