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Thursday, August 13, 2015

CENTOCELLE DISTRICT INN

OSTERIA DI CENTOCELLE 

Via Casilina km 8/incrocio Via Palmiro Togliatti

Domed building with articulated and complex plan, maybe dating back to the fourth century AD

The dimensions are 30 x 25 m (98 x 82 feet) to a height of 9 m (30 feet)

The original function is unknown

The location at the edge of the ancient Via Labicana would suggest a burial function but the complexity of the building leads to doubt it
It may have had commercial functions or it may have been a nympheum (fountain) although there is no trace of hydraulic pipes