Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the CampagnaBurn, Robert
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Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna
Burn, Robert
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities; Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel
The remains of the Temple of Jupiter are hidden under the church of S.
Maria in Portico, and the street which is now called Via della Tribuna dei
Campitelli occupies the line of the interval between the two temples. A
part of one of the side walls of the Temple of Jupiter rises a little
above the ground at the corner of the church of S. Maria in Portico. The
school or academy of Augustus was behind the temples, and stood near the
centre of the Via della Tribuna di Campitelli. The back of this formed a
part of the northern side of the portico.
The interior of the gateway has of late years been cleared of some of the
buildings which have blocked it up, and the whole is now visible, with all
the columns except one, which has been taken away to enlarge the church
door.
A most interesting relic was found near the side door of the church of S.
Angelo in Pescaria in April 1878, consisting of a pedestal of marble
engraved with the title of Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi. This was
evidently the pedestal of the sitting statue of Cornelia mentioned by
Pliny in his ‘Natural History’ as having been placed in the Portico of
Metellus. The statue was the work of Tisicrates.
Excavations which have been made in the repair of houses and for other
objects during the six years since 1873, have confirmed the conclusions
which have been stated as to the position of the Portico of Octavia, and
the temples near it. Some of the columns of the north side of the portico
were found along the row of houses in the Via di Pescaria, No. 25-34.
The basement of the Temple of Apollo, between the Theatre of Marcellus and
the Portico of Octavia, was found under the Albergo della Catena.
[Sidenote: Crypta and Theatrum Balbi.]
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