Going through T+L Nov. 2003, and dismantling it, I came across a 'special advertising section' there was a section on 'world monuments watch', listed under Italy there were only two sites- as written in this article "un" 1) "Port of Trajan Archaeological Park, Fiumicino" 2)"Tuff-Towns and Vie Cave, Pitigliano,Sorano, Manciano, Tuscany" ( as per their writing.)
My question refers to the Port of Trajan...where is it? Could they be referring to Ostia Antica? or do you know of where they are talking about? Is this something to be 'seen'? Please help. Thanks Wendy
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It appears that The port of Trajan is separate from Ostia Antica. If you look at this site you'll also see a link for Ostia Antica on the left side of the page.
The photos of the Trajan site look interesting, but you might need one of those "Then and Now" books to make sense of the ruins.
Printing as I write, THANK YOU Colleen, page 3 of 5 just came up, yippee. We may need to pick up our car a day early to go out there on our own. Last year Ostia this year Port of Trajan. Mmmmmm
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By the way... Those 'Now and Then' books are terrific. We picked up the one on 'Anciet Rome' years ago at the airport. We picked up one for the 'Vittoriano' in Oct. Love that series. We find the display of images amazing....Just think.... Thanks W.
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Portus, the unimaginatively named port constructed to replace Ostia as Ostia silted up in the late 1c and on (a result in part of the Fire of Rome in 64, débris into the Tiber causing river problems), is private property, belonging to the Torlonia family, them of the Palazzo; for many years they have been blocking excavations on what is after all their property, by claiming in court that there is no evidence that the lake is artificial, even though it is in the shape of a regular hexagon! There are some limited tours around it by donkey-cart. I had the great good fortune of visiting some of it, including possibly a snippet of the private property, a few years ago. (See my diary,13 Nov 98, with phone number for the donkey-cart rides, although that was 6 years ago now!)
The great site for Ostia Antica, head and shoulders above anything else online, with hundreds of pages, maps, and photographs etc., belongs to the Ostia Working Group: here; its Portus section is here; notice that visiting Portus requires special permission.
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