Showing posts with label Piazza di Pietra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Piazza di Pietra. Show all posts

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Piazza di Pietra

Piazza di Pietra by Simona


Between the Pantheon and Via del Corso, you come across a narrow square, Piazza di Pietra, which refers to the imposing columns of a temple to Emperor Hadrian built in 144 AD by his successor Antoninus Pius. 

During the various centuries the building has been incorporated into a large building to later house the central Customs Office (Dogana di Terra) for goods which reached Rome by land. 


Today the building belongs to the Roman Chamber of Commerce.  
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