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Sant'Angelo in Pescheria Review
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Sant'Angelo in Pescheria
- Address: Via Tribuna di Campitelli 6, Ghetto, Rome | Map It
- Phone: 06/68801819
- Category: Religious Sites
- Location: Ghetto
Fodor's Review:
A landmark of the Ghetto district, this church was built right into the ruins of the ancient Roman Portico d'Ottavia, whose few surviving columns now frame it. The huge porticoed enclosure, named by Augustus in honor of his sister Octavia, was 390 feet wide and 433 feet long. It encompassed two temples, a meeting hall, and a library and served as a kind of grandiose entrance foyer for the adjacent Teatro di Marcello. The ruins of the portico became Rome's pescheria (fish market) during the Middle Ages. A stone plaque on a pillar, a relic of that time, admonishes in Latin that the head of any fish surpassing the length of the plaque was to be cut off "up to the first fin" and given to the city fathers or else the vendor was to pay a fine of 10 gold florins. The heads were used to make fish soup and were considered a great delicacy. The church is not usually open to the public, but ring the bell in back and the friendly priest may let you have a look.
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