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Via Portico d'Ottavia, Rome, Italy

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A remarkable portico in the heart of Rome's Jewish ghetto.

At the end of the street of the same name, next to the impressive Theatre of Marcellus, stands this rectangular portico (119 m x 132 m), which the Emperor Augustus dedicated to his sister Octavia in 23 B.C. It was then adorned with a double row of columns and numerous Greek sculptures, and partly integrated into the façade of the church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria. In the Middle Ages, an arch was added to the portico, and the surrounding area was extensively urbanized with the construction of towers, fortresses and houses, some of which leaned directly against the portico.

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It is good to go there (just a small walk from Piazza Venezia) to eat carciofo alla giudea an artichaut fries in the pan bottom up or other kosher specialties. If you eat in giggetto you Read the sad story of a guy who came back home in 1943 and found out that his family wife and Children were deported to Auschwitz and died there. An history common to many jewish families that were racially persecuted by mussolini and fascism