{"id":966,"date":"2011-01-11T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/?p=966"},"modified":"2013-09-27T00:25:30","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T23:25:30","slug":"rome-a-few-feet-below","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.traveleurope.com\/en\/rome-a-few-feet-below\/","title":{"rendered":"Rome: a few feet below"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The monumental heritage of underground <strong>Rome<\/strong> is vast and complex. Much of this archaeological heritage below the Eternal City, belonging to different historical periods, has been recovered and made accessible to tourists, but often these sites are visited only by reservation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe Superintendency of Tourism and Culture of the City of Rome, organizes tours guided by archaeologists and experts in about forty archaeological sites. The most notorious among these are: the <strong>Virgin Aqueduct<\/strong> &#8211; the only aqueduct of the Roman age still working; the <strong>Auditorium of Maecenas<\/strong> &#8211; discovered in 1874, with frescoes of the 1st century BC; the <strong>Basilica Ulpia<\/strong> in the <strong>Forum of Trajan<\/strong> &#8211; with floors in antique yellow marble; the <strong>Cistern of the seven rooms<\/strong> in the <strong>Baths of Trajan<\/strong>; the <strong>Cistern<\/strong> in Via Cristoforo Colombo &#8211; a series of rooms and tunnels of the 2nd century AD; the underground link between the Roman Forums of Caesar and Trajan; the <strong>Roman Insula<\/strong> underneath <strong>Palazzo Specchi<\/strong> in via di San Paolo alla Regola.<\/p>\n<p>In via Labicana, there is the <strong>Ludus Magnus<\/strong>, the gladiators\u2019 barracks; the <strong>Necropolis of Ostia<\/strong>; the <strong>San Carlo ai Catinari<\/strong> in Piazza Cairoli, an archaeological complex that houses a nymphaeum; the excavations of Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano &#8211; with underground blocks and the remains of the barracks of the emperor\u2019s guard; the <strong>Basilica in Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore<\/strong>, built in the 5th century, which stands on a large structure, perhaps a public building; the <strong>Republican Sepulchres<\/strong> in via Statilia; underneath <strong>Piazza della Minerva<\/strong> there are the ruins of the first bath complexes, built in the former Campo Marzio.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, the <strong>Mitreo<\/strong> of the <strong>Circus Maximus<\/strong>, the <strong>Vatican Necropolis<\/strong>, the basement of the <strong>basilica of S. Clement<\/strong> and of course all the catacombs such as those of <strong>Commodilla<\/strong>, the <strong>Catacombs of Priscilla<\/strong> with paintings of the Old and New Testament, the catacomb of <strong>Vigna Chiaraviglio<\/strong> dating back to the 4th century.<\/p>\n<p>Legitimately, some have defined the subsoil of Rome one of the largest archaeological museums in the world. Also because the discoveries made so far here are just a fraction of what there is still hidden beneath the surface of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tylerbell\/4098798019\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">TyB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ancient history of Rome is not all under the sunshine. In the subsoil of Rome there are fascinating, hidden archaeological sites. 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