resti di strutture murarie di età romana

Between Via Cavour and Via Galeazzo, a sequence of urban works between 1977 and 1996 exposed part of a Roman-era building complex covering some 800 square metres. The remains are fragmentary but suggestive. One substantial structure, oriented north-south and east-west, is defined by perimeter walls 19 and 22 metres long, nearly a metre thick, and preserved to over a metre in height. These walls were built from small sandstone blocks set in a tenacious white mortar, their tops shaved down to just over a metre below modern ground level.

Inside, two identical rectangular rooms (each 4.5 by 5.7 metres) line the north wall. Small rectangular openings in the masonry, perhaps for air circulation, appear at the northeast corner and its southern counterpart. A later addition abuts the northern boundary wall: a structure over a metre high, set on a foundation of squared blocks, its surface waterproofed with crushed pottery. It may have served as a buttress or a damp-proof course. The site offers a quiet, practical glimpse of Roman urban infrastructure, unearthed by accident beneath later streets.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.