PORTICO D'OTTAVIA
A remarkable portico in the heart of Rome's Jewish ghetto.
At the end of the street of the same name, next to the impressive Theatre of Marcellus, stands this rectangular portico (119 m x 132 m), which the Emperor Augustus dedicated to his sister Octavia in 23 B.C. It was then adorned with a double row of columns and numerous Greek sculptures, and partly integrated into the façade of the church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria. In the Middle Ages, an arch was added to the portico, and the surrounding area was extensively urbanized with the construction of towers, fortresses and houses, some of which leaned directly against the portico.
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