Rome, Italy - 2020 Trip Historic Rome: Day Four – Ostia Antica – Part One
During the autumn of 2020 I made a short trip for 5 days over to the city of Rome, Italy. At the time, due to the covid pandemic, flights and hotels were pretty cheap as tourism was virtually nonexistent in mainland Europe, Italy was one of the few places you could travel to with precaution and I must add everything went really smooth once I was there! temperature checks were in place at all attractions and masks were worn in public places during the day, everything felt safe and clean.
I had pre-booked tickets to some of the places I wanted to visit and in the end the trip turned out to be a kind of ‘historic Rome’ sightseeing tour! Italy on a whole is a fascinating place and Rome is like the centre hub of it all! this was not my first visit to Rome and as usual I can thoroughly recommend it – enjoy the photos! 🙂
Arrival at the small Ostia Antica train station, about 15 miles from Rome - Ostia AnticaExiting the train station you see the remains of a funeral stone dated back to 1863 which was found before the excavations of Roman city - Ostia AnticaYour see these public water fountains all over Rome and it's surrounding cities, I spotted this one after having a nice spot of breakfast in a family run cafe just by the station - Ostia AnticaThis information plaque shows you how Ostia was situated at the mouth of the River Tiber during Ancient Roman times, the red dot shows you where I am standing at the time - Ostia AnticaThis information plaque shows the layout of Ancient Ostia and what we are just about to walk through - Ostia AnticaJust by the entrance to Ostia Antica are the Roman tomb ruins known as Porto Necropolis and excavated between 1855 and 1923 - Ostia AnticaPart of a sarcophagus - a Roman coffin - Ostia AnticaAnother decorative sarcophagus discovered and more in the background of this photo - Ostia AnticaInformation plaque for the the tomb in the following photos - Ostia AnticaFacade of the tomb - Ostia AnticaDetail of the little central arch - Ostia AnticaEntrance to one of the tombs (I'd be interested to know if the writing on the top of this one is from Ancient Roman times) - Ostia AnticaMore of the tomb ruins, possibility sarcophaguses were stored in the small arches towards the middle of this photo - Ostia AnticaThis could be the remains of a cooking area? the tiling around the arch is amazing for the time - Ostia AnticaOne of my fav photos is this Roman headless statue with a toga in amongst all the maritime pine trees - it's a shame I can't transport the smell of these trees on here - Ostia AnticaInformation plaque about Porta Romana, the entrance to the city, and the following photo of the sign above the main gate - Ostia AnticaThe Porta Romana inscription that once stood above the main gate to the city - Ostia AnticaThe Porta Romana inscription that once stood above the main gate to the city - Ostia AnticaRoman street sign - Ostia AnticaInformation plaque on the road network of Ostia, in the illustration you can see the water pipe network and sewage system that the Romans designed way ahead of it's time - Ostia AnticaTo think that Ancient Romans used to walk down this very same road I was walking down all those years ago is mind boggling - Ostia AnticaInformation plaque on Ostia's water supply - Ostia AnticaWell on the Decumanus (street) - Ostia AnticaRuins of a building inside the city - Ostia AnticaRuins of building inside the city - Ostia Antica
