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Osteria e muri antichi |
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Lapidi con le due famose inscrizioni |
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Parte del Ponte antico |
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Torre e parte del Ponte fatto da Narsete |
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Via Salara verso Roma
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Spanning the river Aniene near its meeting point with the Tiber, the Ponte Salaro, which conveys the Via Salaria (5), has not withstood the ravages of time as well as the Ponte Nomentano further upstream. In Vasi’s view it still retains traces of the ancient substructure (3). It was blown up by papal troops in 1867, and rebuilt in 1874. Today it is practically hidden under a modern car bridge which rides high above it. Vasi claims that the tower (4) was built in the mid 6th century by Narses, Justinian's general in charge of recapturing Italy from the Goths, for the Eastern Roman empire. The lapidi (2) (stone inscriptions) at the center of the bridge, narrating this event are lost. Nothing remains of the medieval tower on the left, flanked by an osteria (1) (inn).
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