Umbilicus urbis Romae - Mundus

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Location

Italy, Rome
geo:41.892742,12.484598

Period or year

-200 / 500

Classification

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Identifiers

wikidata:Q205840

Umbilicus urbis Romae - Mundus

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Umbilicus urbis Romae was the symbolic centre of the city between the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Vulcanal. According to the legend there was gate to the underworld - Mundus and Umbilicus urbis Romae could be a part of the subterranean Mundus.

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilicus_urbis_Romae
Gilbert J. Gorski; James E. Packer. The Roman Forum: A Reconstruction and Architectural Guide. Cambridge University Press. 2015, p. 155.

Relevant museums

Ara Pacis Museum
Ara Pacis Museum
Italy, Rome
Rome, Vatican Museums
Rome, Vatican Museums
VA, Vatican City
Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana
Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana - Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography.
Italy, Rome
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Collection of ancient manuscripts, including papyri, ostraca, and the Peutinger Map
Austria, Vienna
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre
France, Paris
Prefectural Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)
Prefectural Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)
France, Rouen

Nearby sites

Arch of Septimius Severus
Arch of Septimius Severus
Italy, Rome
Milliarium Aureum
Milliarium Aureum - "golden milestone'
Italy, Rome
Tempel der Konkordia
Tempel – Roma – Rom – Latium – Italien
Italy, Rome
Rostra Forum Romanum
Rostra Forum Romanum
Italy, Rome

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Umbilicus urbis Romae - Mundus

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