SUBSTRACTION WALL OF THE CISTERN

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Name: Substraction wall of the cistern
Type: wall
Art_classification: Roman
civilization: Roman
Historic Period: ...
integrity: partial
Country: Italy
Region: Umbria
Location: Assisi
satellite coordinates: 43.072086,12.613155
description language: english
Current use: public space

Northwest wall with pink limestone ashlars and arches, 12 metres tall. It is part of the central terrace area pertinent to the forum-sanctuary. A big arch is visible, set into a house on the same street. This house is built on a cistern measuring 5 x 4 m and 12 m from the base, below street level, with a vault of medium size limestone ashlars. Towards the temple, inside the actual convent TOR (Third Regular Franciscan Order), there are walls, a floor and remains of a niche, a stoà used as a schola or an altar for offerings and sacrifices.