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Insula dell'Ara Coeli

Insula dell'Ara Coeli
Photo: Lalupa, Public domain

The Insula dell'Ara Coeli is one of the few surviving examples of an insula, the kind of apartment blocks where many Roman city dwellers resided. It was built during the 2nd century AD, and rediscovered under an old church when Benito Mussolini initiated a plan for massive urban renewal of Rome's historic Capitoline Hill neighbourhood.

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Scala dell'Arce Capitolina

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