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Location: Aquileia, Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

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1. From Barbana Island to Aquileia via waterbus and foot

8.98km

02:16

10m

Waterbus journey from sacred Barbana island to UNESCO Aquileia with ancient Christian mosaics.

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2. Old Town Alleyways – Mosaics of Aquileia loop from Aquileia

28.4km

07:09

40m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Mosaics of Aquileia – Aquileia loop from San Lorenzo

9.37km

02:22

10m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Bryan | Exploro Ergo Sum

December 5, 2023

A short distance from Palmanova and Udine, Aquileia is a place steeped in antiquity. Born in 181 BC. as a defensive fortress, it gained importance over time until it was called the "second Rome". It is currently famous for its archaeological site and adjacent museum, as well as for the patriarchal basilica of Santa Maria Assunta.

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Explorer

January 4, 2017

Although the basilica dates from the 11th century, it was built on previous buildings.
The wavy mosaic of the floor is significantly older, it dates from the 4th century AD and is therefore about 1600 years old!
Awesome stands before the pictures and patterns that humans created so long ago.

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Explorer

January 4, 2017

Very impressive is the view of the former Roman river port on the Natissa. About him goods were brought to Aquileia in small ships from the larger Adriatic port Grado, which was a district of Aquileia.

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Explorer

January 4, 2017

Aquileia was founded in 181 BC Founded by veterans as a Roman military colony.
At its heyday, before being destroyed by the Huns in the 5th century, more than 100,000 people lived here, today 3,500.

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Karsten S.

September 10, 2019

Aquileia was also connected to the water network from an early age, when the area surrounded by marshland was connected by the channeled river Natissa with the Adriatic coast, which at that time was further away. Towards the end of the 3rd century AD, the second sea connection was added to the Canale Anfora, giving the city an East and West port, two safe havens from storms and conquerors. and irrigation were interconnected. At that time, Canale Anfora was about three times as long as it was today connected to the sea in that direction. Through this canal route, the inland port also gained safe access behind the lagoons, which probably reached as far as Chioggia. This Aquileia was for centuries the most important port of the Adriatic.

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Karsten S.

September 10, 2019

The building was built in the 11th century. The German-born Patriarch Poppo brought architecture from Lower Saxony to Italy as a model for the church. 1021-31, the Basilica of Aquileia was built on the model of St. Michael's Church in Hildesheim, which was built in 1010-33, so only ten years older. However, there is a decisive difference to the German model: St. Michael in Hildesheim is a double-choral arrangement with east and west choir, which gives the whole building a majestic symmetry. This did not seem to correspond to the Italian sense of form; possibly there was no need for a Western apse liturgically. There is no west choir in Aquileia. For a campanile was built.

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Karsten S.

September 10, 2019

The foundation of the Roman city Aquileia was intended to promote the Romanization of the area, but also to bring strategic benefits. From there, in the course of the 2nd century AD, among other things, military undertakings, for example against the Histrians and other indigenous tribes, as well as Dalmatia, began. 171 BC The inhabitants of the city turned to the Senate with a request to enlarge the population, after which triumviri, namely Titus Annius Luscus, Publius Decius Subulo and Marcus Cornelius Cethegus, were sent to Aquileia to settle a further 1,500 families there. 90 BC With the Lex Iulia de civitate Latinis danda, Roman citizenship was granted to all Latin colonies of northern Italy, whereupon Aquileia became a municipium and received its own "constitution". Some time later, the city was then raised to full Roman civilian colony, probably during the reign of Emperor Augustus (31 BC-14 AD).

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Hillrunner68

July 4, 2024

Unfortunately, admission to the beautiful church (museum) is expensive!

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Location: Aquileia, Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

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Aquileia

1. From Barbana Island to Aquileia via waterbus and foot

2. Old Town Alleyways – Mosaics of Aquileia loop from Aquileia

3. Mosaics of Aquileia – Aquileia loop from San Lorenzo

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