A second city lies beneath the streets of Rome — hidden in plain sight.
I‘ve heard a few times about Rome being compared to a „lasagna“. Pasta jokes aside, the many years of architecture and growth above Rome make this analogy relatively accurate. I didn’t see it mentioned but another fascinating example of this is the
https://www.rinascente.it/en/store-roma-via-del-tritone
It is a department store and in the lower levels you can see an old Aqueduct/ the street it was built over.
Cool, I will check out that site. It's so interesting to see how modern Rome incorporates the old with the new.
Many vestiges in Rome are still unexplored
Yep, and some of it is probably right beneath places people walk every day.
It would be fascinating to live in a city where you dig for your garden and come up with a 2,000 year old relic. : )
I‘ve heard a few times about Rome being compared to a „lasagna“. Pasta jokes aside, the many years of architecture and growth above Rome make this analogy relatively accurate. I didn’t see it mentioned but another fascinating example of this is the
https://www.rinascente.it/en/store-roma-via-del-tritone
It is a department store and in the lower levels you can see an old Aqueduct/ the street it was built over.
Cool, I will check out that site. It's so interesting to see how modern Rome incorporates the old with the new.
Many vestiges in Rome are still unexplored
Yep, and some of it is probably right beneath places people walk every day.
It would be fascinating to live in a city where you dig for your garden and come up with a 2,000 year old relic. : )