What's left of the Rome of the Caesars, and how did it survive?
5 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
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Ancient Rome doesn't end at the edge of a ruin. Its temples, forums and monuments reappear with other uses and meanings in these walks. Podtour follows those transformations to ask how the city of the emperors survived. Alongside famous names and reused buildings, the story concerns what remains and the life that followed.
In “From the Capitoline to the Bocca”: The Forum, Tarpeian Rock and the Capitoline connect ancient Rome with the stories and legends people continued to tell about it.
In “The Caelian and the Circus Maximus”: The Temple of Claudius and the houses beneath the church approach the ancient city through successive uses and buildings.
In “Castel Sant'Angelo and St Peter's”: Hadrian's mausoleum turned into a castle and Caligula's obelisk show how Rome reused its emperors' symbols.
Choose from 5 independent walks in Rome. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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You carry on past a temple turned customs house and stock exchange, a church that paints the dome it never had, and the Pantheon, which signs itself with someone else's name, survived by becoming a church and holds Raphael's tomb.
The Forum, Tarpeian Rock and the Capitoline connect ancient Rome with the stories and legends people continued to tell about it.
The Temple of Claudius and the houses beneath the church approach the ancient city through successive uses and buildings.
The base of Trajan's Column says how tall a hill was dug away; the Torre delle Milizie carries a myth about Nero that the ancient sources contradict; Caesar paid a fortune for a building plot, and Augustus put up a gigantic wall against fire and against the neighbours.
Hadrian's mausoleum turned into a castle and Caligula's obelisk show how Rome reused its emperors' symbols.
Rome calls for a water bottle, reliable shoes and room for a detour. Its squares link up on foot; the hills and sunshine decide how many you will enjoy in a day.
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