2024

ARCO DI AUGUSTO

Ancient monuments
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Symbol of the city, it was erected in 27 B.C. in honour of the Emperor Augustus who had just connected the via Flaminia to the via Emilia. The construction has the peculiarity of being the oldest Roman arch to have come down to us. Built in white Istrian stone, it has a large opening framed by Corinthian columns. The battlements are much later: they were added in the Middle Ages. The arch was indeed the main gate of the city until the 1930s when the ramparts were demolished.

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