Key facts
- Location
- Rome, Italy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- street
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Rome
- Location
- Roman Forum
- Image
- Sacredroad.jpg
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Via Sacra (Rome)
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- Via Sacra (Rome)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Via Sacra (Latin: Sacra Via, "Sacred Street") was the main street of ancient Rome, leading from the top of the Capitoline Hill, through some of the most important religious sites of the Forum (where it is the widest street), to the Colosseum.
The road was part of the traditional route of the Roman triumph that began on the outskirts of the city and proceeded through the Roman Forum. Later it was paved. During the reign of Nero, it was lined with colonnades.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Via Sacra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.