Via Appia. Regina Viarum

Taranto, Taranto, Puglia Sito UNESCO

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• Anno iscrizione 2024
• Categoria Cultural
• Descrizione More than 800 kilometres long, the Via Appia is the oldest and most important of the great roads built by the Ancient Romans. Constructed and developed from 312 BCE to the 4th century CE, it was originally conceived as a strategic road for military conquest, advancing towards the East and Asia Minor. The Via Appia later enabled the cities it connected to grow and new settlements emerged, facilitating agricultural production and trade.

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