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< Fire Barrack of VII Coorte dei Vigili

< archaeology
  area: Trastevere
  structure: underground
  typology: house, barracks
  dating: I cen. . b .C. / II cen. a.D.
  depth: 9 mt. /28 feet
   
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The Excubitorium, the only barracks of the firemen of ancient Rome that is still accessible today. The site was discovered 8 meters underground of the popular district of Trastevere. It is composed by a courtyard decorated with an exagonal fountains, rest of a mosaics and a niche with graffiti drawn by roman soldiers. Other rooms keeps floors in clay and a waterproofed plaster, doors and walls. The complex is dated back at II century a.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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