Isola Sacra Trip Overview
The necropolis of “Porto”, the 1st cemetery of the roman colonies, with more than 200 graves perfectly preserved
This tour allows us to fully immerge ourselves in the lives of Ancient romans that lived in the 1st roman colony, in Ancient Ostia or “Ostia Antica”, and it gives us the idea about the way of living of the citizens of that historical period thanks to the paintings, mosaics and sculptures still visible on the funerary buildings. The necropolis area is composed by more than 200 funerary buildings dating back between I and IV century A.d. The necropoli’s graves are composed by a single room or by two floors, often alongside their walls it’s possible to observe inscriptions with the owner’s name, the grave’s dimensions, the rules of use of the sepulchre and the owner’s will. On the sepulchre’s sides used to be depicted the activities that the deceased were known for, such as their job, their skills or their life’s deeds.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Isola Sacra, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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The necropolis of “Porto”, the 1st cemetery of the roman colonies, with more than 200 graves perfectly preserved
This tour allows us to fully immerge ourselves in the lives of Ancient romans that lived in the 1st roman colony, in Ancient Ostia or “Ostia Antica”, and it gives us the idea about the way of living of the citizens of that historical period thanks to the paintings, mosaics and sculptures still visible on the funerary buildings. The necropolis area is composed by more than 200 funerary buildings dating back between I and IV century A.d. The necropoli’s graves are composed by a single room or by two floors, often alongside their walls it’s possible to observe inscriptions with the owner’s name, the grave’s dimensions, the rules of use of the sepulchre and the owner’s will. On the sepulchre’s sides used to be depicted the activities that the deceased were known for, such as their job, their skills or their life’s deeds.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Necropoli di Porto, Via Monte Spinoncia 52, 00054, Fiumicino Italy
The complex known as Porto Necropolis consists of over 200 funerary structures and represents the southern limit of the burial ground along via Flavia, on the island created by the Tiber delta and the Fossa Traiana (Fiumicino canal), in use between the late 1st and the 4th century AD.
Duration: 3 minutes