Otricoli: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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Otricoli: Guide
Otricoli is a town and comune in the province of Terni, Umbria, Italy. It is located on the Via Flaminia, near the east bank of the Tiber, 44 miles north of Rome and 12 miles south of Narni.
History and landmarks
Anciently named Ocriculum, it concluded an alliance with Rome in 308 BC. The modern village lies higher than the ancient town and about 2 km north of it, and excavations on the site of the latter in 1775 and following years led to the discovery of the baths, a theatre, a basilica and other buildings. In the baths were found a number of works of art, now in the Vatican City|Vatican, notably the mosaic pavement of the Sala della Rotonda, and the celebrated head of Zeus and the head of Claudius in the same room.
An amphitheatre is still visible, but the other buildings have in the main been covered up again.
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