Roman Insula

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  • Address
    Piazza d'Aracoeli, Pigna
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  • Transport
    bus: Piazza Venezia

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At the bottom of the Campidoglio, next to the Aracoeli staircase, are the ruins of a Roman apartment block or insula , typically used to house the poor. The unexcavated ground-floor shops of this building are now 9m below the current road level.