Hotel Sant'Angelo - The Insula dell'Ara Coeli is a rare surviving example of an "insula", the kind of apartment blocks where many Roman citizens resided in ancient times. It was built in
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ipernity: Model of the Insula of the Ara Coeli in the Museum of Roman Civilization in EUR, July 2012 - by LaurieAnnie
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