Portus, The Harbor of Trajan
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ruins, seaport, ancient, 2nd century construction
This harbor, and the nearby (largely vanished) town of Portus, were built by Emperor Traianus (Trajan) during the 2nd century AD when the nearby facilities at the mouth of the river Tiber, located at Ostia, began to saturate due to liquefaction.
Note that the ancient coastline was much further inland than at present, roughly adhering to the course of the SS 296 road serving Leonardo daVinci International Airport.
For further information, visit the Portus Project at www.portusproject.org, or follow the URL below.
Note that the ancient coastline was much further inland than at present, roughly adhering to the course of the SS 296 road serving Leonardo daVinci International Airport.
For further information, visit the Portus Project at www.portusproject.org, or follow the URL below.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portus
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°46'41"N 12°15'37"E
- Porto 2 km
- Hadrian's Villa 46 km
- Piano della Civita 54 km
- Cures 57 km
- Remains of the walled city of Falerii Novi 59 km
- Norba 61 km
- Tarquinia (Ancient) 68 km
- Vulci 89 km
- Alba Fucens 101 km
- Corfinio 136 km
- Porto 0.9 km
- Isola Sacra 2.3 km
- Parco Leonardo 4 km
- Ostia Antica District 4.1 km
- Rome–Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" 4.2 km
- Runway 16C/34C 5 km
- Runway 16L/34R 5.7 km
- Piana del Sole 6.1 km
- Oasi Wwf "Macchiagrande" (it) 6.6 km
- Castel di Guido farm 11 km