The ancient Roman Portico of
Octavia, a jewel of Rome's Jewish Ghetto, has been reborn after
a 14-year restoration that swaddled its famed colonnaded walks
in scaffolding.
Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi unveiled the restored structure
along with Rome Cultural Heritage Superintendent Claudio Parisi
Presicce, Deputy Mayor Luca Bergamo and the president of Rome's
Jewish community, Ruth Dureghello.
Campidoglio experts said the world had been particularly
"complex" and had been completed thanks to a collaboration
between a team of archaeologists, architects and engineers "with
the aid of high technologies which allowed, and will allow in
future, a constant monitoring of the ruins of the complex which
over the centuries has been damaged and repaired on several
occasions".
Built by Emperor Augustus in the name of his sister, Octavia
Minor, sometime after 27 BC, the Porticus Octaviae's walks
enclosed the temples of Jupiter Stator and Juno Regina, as well
as a library.
The structure was used as a fish market in the Ghetto from
the medieval period, and up to the end of 19th century.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
