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Portico of Ottavia 
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Code: POT
Price: $225.00
13"x19" signed print: archival pigmented inks on matte watercolor paper The Portico of Octavia was built by the Roman general Octavius in the second century b.c. and restored by Octavian in 33 b.c. It was erroneously attributed to Octavia, sister of Octavian. The portico was restored again by Septimius Severus in a.d. 203, and his inscription appears on the entablature. The Church of S. Angelo in Pescheria, restored in 1700, is at the right. The portico has served both heraldic and commercial functions since antiquity and was a gateway to the marketplace in the heart of the Jewish Ghetto.