Rione X Campitelli in Roma in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Latium, Rome, Italy — Central Italy (Tyrrhenian Coast)

Horrea Vespasiani / Vespasian's warehouses

Photographed By James Hulse, June 14, 2023

1. Horrea Vespasiani / Vespasian's warehouses Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Dopo l'incendio del 64 d.C. le pendici del Palatino divennero zona commerciale. Fu probabilmente Vespasiano a costruirvi un vasto edificio sorretto da pilastri, forse usato come deposito delle merci imperiali. Pochi anni dopo Domiziano trasformò i magazzini di Vespasiano (horrea Vespasiani) in un centro commerciale, forse dedicato agli alimentari, dotato di numerosi negozi disposti su due piani e articolati intorno a due cortili uguali; ulteriori botteghe si affacciavano lungo i portici esterni.

English:
After the fire of AD 64, the slopes of the Palatine became a commercial area. It was probably Vespasian who built a vast building here supported by pillars, perhaps used as a warehouse for imperial goods. A few years later Domitian turned Vespasian's warehouses (horrea Vespasiani) into a shopping centre, perhaps for foodstuffs, with numerous shops on two levels, arranged around two identical courtyards. Other shops faced onto the external porticoes.

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Location. 41° 53.468′ N, 12° 29.269′ E. Marker is in Roma, Lazio (Latium, Rome), in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It is in Rione X Campitelli. Marker is at the intersection of Via Sacra and Via Nova on Via Sacra. The marker is located west of the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Roma, Lazio 00186, Italy. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Buildings Opening Onto The Via Nova (within shouting distance of this marker); Neronian Foundations / Fondazioni Neroniane (within shouting distance of this marker); La costruzione degli Orti: il giardino del Duca di Parma (within shouting distance of this marker); La costruzione degli Orti: uccelliere e catene d'acqua (within shouting distance of this marker); La riscoperta dell'antico: gli architetti / The rediscovery of antiquity: architects (within shouting distance of this marker); Il Casino del Belvedere e il giardino segreto / The Belvedere Lodge and the Secret Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Il Teatro di ingresso / The entrance Theatre

The area of Vespasian's warehouses and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By James Hulse, June 14, 2023

2. The area of Vespasian's warehouses and Marker

(within shouting distance of this marker); Via Nova (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roma.

More about this marker. The marker is located in the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo (Roman Forum Archaeological Park) and it does require an entry fee to visit.

Also see . . .
1. Parco Archeologico del Colosseo. Roma Turismo (Submitted on August 16, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

2. Vespasian. Wikipedia (Submitted on August 16, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 120 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.