What is Trajan's market?
What is the Mercati di Traiano?
- The ' Mercati di Traiano ', or Markets of Trajan, form a semicircular complex of more than 150 shops and offices built in the period of Emperor Trajan (100 - 112 AD), located next to the Trajan Forum of the same name.
What is the first shopping mall in Rome?
- Trajan's Market. Built between the years 100 and 110 A.D, Trajan's Market is believed to be the first covered shopping mall in history. Situated on Via dei Fori Imperiali, Trajan's Market is an archaeological complex that currently holds the Museum of Imperial Forums (Museo dei Fori Imperiali). It is considered to be Rome’s first “shopping center”.
What is the Quirinal market in Rome?
- The markets are located on the slope of the Quirinal Hill in Rome and the complex consisted of five floors, where horticultural products, spices, oil and wine were traded. Later the complex had various functions. It was part of the fortifications in the 13th century.
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