Bridge, station or port
Pietra Papa
Pietra Papa: bridge, station or port of the ancient world (Lazio, Italy).
Bridge, station or portKind
Hellenistic periodFirst recorded · 330 BC – 30 BC
Late AntiquityLast recorded · AD 300 – AD 640
RomeNearest town · 4.2 km
On the map
Position: 41.8648, 12.4753
Through the eras
Before 750 BC
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC✓
Roman period30 BC – AD 300✓
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640✓
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453
About the site
In terms of modern toponymy, Pietra Papa describes a place on the right bank of the Tiber River where today a riverside avenue (Lungotevere di Pietra Papa) links the Lungotevere Vittorio Gassman to Piazza Augusto Righi. Palmer asserts that the toponym "Pietra Papa" dates to the Middle Ages. Excavations in the twentieth century, supervised by Giulio Jacopi, revealed multi-period evidence that remains difficult to interpret. Most of the structural evidence begins from the late republican period. There is evidence for a bathing facility and also perhaps a portion of a riverside villa.
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