A journey through the remains of the most important Roman buildings
Excavated several times between the 19th and 20th centuries, the area under Piazza del Comune is one of the most emblematic places of the Roman Asisium.
This place preserves the remains of important Roman buildings that characterized the center of the city.
After crossing the entrance, from the crypt of the church of San Nicolò, the space is delimited on the left by a large wall in travertine blocks, in front of which the lapidary develops.
The paving in front of the wall was also carefully made with travertine slabs: it was a work of great importance and commitment, as recalled by the remains of the long monumental inscription in bronze letters placed in the center of the stalls, of which today only the fixing holes remain.
The architectural development of the area and the presence of the Temple of Minerva which stands above the wall, probably dedicated to the Dioscuri (the twins Castor and Pollux) like the tetrastyle built in the centre of the stalls, has suggested the most probable hypothesis that it was precisely the forum of Asisium, consecrated to the cult of the Dioscuri.
