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The Museo Archeologico Ostiense (or Archaeological Museum of Ostia) is an archaeological museum dedicated to the ancient Roman city of Ostia in Rome, Italy. The museum was built by Pope Pius IX, who in 1865 had to readapt a fifteenth-century building used as a store to create a city museum. Contained in the museum are numerous archaeological ...
Ostia may have been Rome's first colonia.According to legend, Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, [4] was the first to destroy Ficana, an ancient town that was only 17 km (11 mi) from Rome and had a small harbour on the Tiber, and then proceeded with establishing the new colony 10 km (6 mi) further west and closer to the sea coast.
Ostia Antica is the 35th zona of Rome, ... it became the museum of the archaeological area in 19th century by decision of Pope Pius IX. ... Natural areas ...
The Ostia quarter is an active seaside resort, the official seaside resort of the city of Rome, equipped with beaches, dedicated facilities, restaurants, hotels and points of interest. Ostia, due to its historical roots and its natural characteristics, is an important tourist location. It is known and famous, as it was at its origins when it ...
Sediul Muzeului de Științele Naturii (Mureș County Museum, Natural History Department), Târgu Mureș; Székely National Museum (Székely Nemzeti Múzeum), Sfântu Gheorghe; Szekler Museum of Ciuc (Csíky Székely Múzeum), Miercurea-Ciuc; Vrancea Museum, Natural Sciences Department, Focșani
The Litorale Romano state nature reserve is a protected area in Lazio (Italy), established by the Ministry of the Environment with Ministerial Decree of March 29, 1996, [1] which includes a large territory of historical-naturalistic interest within the municipalities of Rome and Fiumicino at Tiber Valley.
A Mithraeum found in the ruins of Ostia Antica, Italy Mithraeum in Jajce renowned as one of the best preserved in-situ in Europe How a modern history theme park imagines a Mithraeum: Museum Orientalis in the Netherlands Finds from a Mithraeum in Stockstadt, Germany A Mithraeum found in the German city of Saarbrücken
Nymphaea may be artificial grottoes, large-scale stonework to create or enhance a resemblance to a natural cave. Deliberately rough stones might be used—Pliny the Elder noted that pumice was often used to give the appearance of a cave. [3] Water was a much-desired feature; at least a trickle, often flowing over the rocks to make them glisten. [4]