| The technology revolution allows people
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| | kilometres. The road was approximately
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| today to have more resources at disposal
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| | 4.15 meters wide, enough to permit the
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| and to plan their trip to Rome and to
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| | transit of two chariots at the same time.
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| Italy optimizing the time in order to see
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| | Two sidewalks in earth delimited by stone
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| more. To make an example, when you are
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| | flanked the track. Every 10/13 km in the
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| just landed at Ciampino Rome airport,
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| | most busy sections were aligned along the
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| during your transfer to the hotel you can
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| | road the so-called "stations" for the
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| see the archaeological area of the Appian
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| | change of the horses and " taberne ",
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| way and the acqueduct built by the
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| | which offered refreshments and lodging
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| emperor Claudius in 54 AD.
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| | for travellers.
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| Opened in 312 b. C. by the censor Appius
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| | The construction was extremely difficult
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| Claudius, during the Sannite wars, in
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| | , was realized solving natural
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| order to join Rome with the southern
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| | difficulties with an amazingly modern
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| provinces of the peninsula, with Africa
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| | plan of conception which made of it a
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| and the East. It became in short time the
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| | solid, rational road with easy access.
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| elected road, sacred to the cult of the
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| | Bridges across the rivers were built,
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| dead, crossed during the Latin holidays
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| | valleys filled, heights flattened,
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| by the crowd going to the temple of
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| | channels dug, banks raised in order to
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| Jupiter on the summit of mount Cavo or to
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| | contain waters of the rivers, it was
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| the temple of Diana, by the shores of the
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| | covered with blocks of hard basalt that
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| Nemi lake.
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| | still today emerge from the road. After
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| The Appian way ran here straight -after
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| | the fall of the empire and barbarian
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| this the name of " recto " - at first
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| | invasions the road fell into decay and
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| followed the line of an existing road to
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| | was abandoned. The monuments were sacked
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| the Alban hills and reached the Agro
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| | and lost their works of art
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| Pontino. After the Appio Forum it touched
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| | anddecorations; Grass grew wildly upon
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| the city of Terracina and it continued
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| | the road which slowly disappeared from
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| for Fondi until Capua. Some year later it
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| | sight. Columns, marbles, statues,
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| was extended via Benevento and Venosa,
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| | friezes, relieves started to embellish
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| native land of Orazio, and a century
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| | the new buildings of the City, the new
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| later to Taranto and Brindisi.
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| | Christian basilicas and noble castles.
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| In the first years of II the century A.D.
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| | Towards the half of the ' 700 historians
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| the emperor Trajan added his name to the
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| | started to dig discovering important
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| road.
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| | works and collecting fragments.
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| The beginning of the road, outside the
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| | The first Christian cemeteries rose along
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| Porta San Sebastiano, a gate in the city
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| | the Appian Way at the end of the I
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| walls, is lined with interesting
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| | century: along this road the most
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| dilapidated buildings, including the
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| | important necropolis were discovered, the
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| church of Domine Quo Vadis, where St.
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| | Catacombs of S. Callisto, going back to
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| Peter is supposed to have had a vision of
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| | the II sec., and those of S. Sebastian,
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| Christ. Jesus's footprints were preserved
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| | in which were housed for a while the
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| for posterity in a slab of white marble
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| | bodies of the two Apostles of the Roman
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| (in the centre of the church floor).
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| | Church: Peter and Paul. The history has
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| There are also three sets of catacombs
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| | confirmed that the Apostle entered in the
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| close to this stretch of road - check
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| | city walking along the Appian Way.
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| opening times and days first as their
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| | Few people know that if you arrive at the
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| long lunchtime closures can interfere
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| | Rome airport Ciampino during the summer,
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| with your day's planning.
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| | you can reach from there in few minutes
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| With the New Appian Traian Way it was
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| | the summer residence of Castelgandolfo,
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| possible to go from Rome to Brindisi in
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| | where the pope spends his vacation time.
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| 13/14 days with a total distance of 540
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