Aquileia, Porto Fluviale, Italy
I century A.D.

The “Via Sacra”, set up in 1934, follows the ancient water course across the Roman settlement, after the confluence of Natiso cum Turro, flanked by quays on both sides: the monumental arrangement dates to the 1st century AD, whereas fortifications and structural changes took place at the time of the siege Maximus the Thracian (238 AD) and of Julian the Apostate (361 AD). You can see about 400 metres of the western docks, made of blocks of Istrian limestone, with landing facilities, set on two different levels related to the flood tide. Storehouses (horrea) and sloping roads connected the river to the market places and the Forum.

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