{"id":243138,"date":"2025-05-15T12:11:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/the-joys-of-discovering-the-roman-underground-from-the-colosseum-to-whats-beneath-the-trevi-foundation\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:11:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:11:39","slug":"the-joys-of-discovering-the-roman-underground-from-the-colosseum-to-whats-beneath-the-trevi-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=243138","title":{"rendered":"The Joys of Discovering the Roman Underground, From the Colosseum to What\u2019s Beneath the Trevi Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A Smithsonian<\/i> magazine special report<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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To escape the crowds of the Eternal City, head below ground and enter a portal into Rome\u2019s past<\/h2>\n
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– Host, “There’s More to That”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tourism is surging in many places around the world\u2014swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and museums, and sidewalk cafes overburdened with diners. In this episode, we\u2019d like to offer a less crowded way to be a tourist: consider going underground. <\/em><\/p>\n

This summer is a Jubilee Year in Rome, so the city will be more packed than ever. But below the traffic jams and bustle of pedestrians in the streets of Rome lie its subterranean sites, which include ancient aqueducts, pagan shrines and even apartment complexes built centuries ago. While tourists pound the pavement visiting the iconic landmarks aboveground, explorers can search beneath the streets of the Eternal City for a different perspective on ancient\u2014and modern\u2014Roman life. <\/em><\/p>\n

Host Ari Daniel speaks with <\/em>Smithsonian contributing writer Tony Perrottet, who wrote recently about <\/em>Rome\u2019s underworld<\/em><\/a>\u2014the city lurking beneath the city. And he offers numerous tips to listeners who want to explore these fascinating and tranquil sites for themselves.<\/em><\/p>\n

A transcript is below. To subscribe to \u201cThere\u2019s More to That,\u201d and to listen to past episodes about the use of <\/em>Italian Renaissance paintings to improve the farming of tomorrow<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>a special baseball field at a Japanese internment camp<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>the use of artificial intelligence to make ancient scrolls readable again<\/em><\/a>, find us on <\/em>Apple Podcasts<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>Spotify<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>iHeartRadio<\/em><\/a> or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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