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Chiesa di S. Eusebio

In this view Vasi seems to be at least as interested in ancient remains as in the church of S. Eusebio (1). The distant arches of the ruined Acqua Julia (2) are shown approaching the terminal display, or mostra (4), of that aqueduct on the right. Vasi's identification of this as "Castello dell'acqua Marzia" relates it to the wrong aqueduct and mistakes this former water fountain for a castellum (cistern). Nolli supplies the then current name: Trofei di Mario, referring to statue groups which once stood in the two ruined arches visible in the upper part of the structure, but by this time no longer there, having been moved to the Campidoglio to adorn the balustrade of that piazza. Except for the medieval bell tower, the church and convent of S. Eusebio appear in 18th century guise. Vasi points out two streets which affect this site: the vanished Via di S. Bibiana (3) passing between the monastery and the ruins, led to the church of the same name (NN 27), and the street which the carriages are following, Via di S. Croce in Gerusalemme (5) leading to the church which appears in Plate 47 (NN 21). The low building at the left edge of the print does not appear on the Nolli map.