Ocriculum
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The Roman site of Ocriculum is slowly crumbling
away in the Umbrian countryside. Its compelling feature is that it's
just that, a crumbling ruin where one can picnic in the fading glory
of Roman history. When I visited years ago it was free--I can't say
it still is, but there's not all that much to charge for either. You
simply wander, alone with your thoughts, through the site. This picture
shows part of
a large
"substructure" that Bill
Thayer comments upon, "Behind the baths, a "grande
sostruzione" — the archaeologists being very prudent but
hoping it to be a temple base like at Terracina." |
