Via Postumia - Via Postumia

Via Postumia it is the itinerary of the ancient Roman consular road, which runs through Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Veneto is Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Introduction

It connected by land and for about 930 km the two main Roman ports of northern Italy: Aquileia, great nerve center of the Roman Empire, home to a large river port accessible from Adriatic Sea, is Genoa.

How to get

To learn more, see: How to get to Genoa.

Stages

Liguria

• 44.4071868.9339831 Genoa
• 44.4977788.9041672 Pontedecimo

Piedmont

• 44.5919448.8794443 Fraconalto
• 44.6227788.8441674 Voltage
• 44.6886118.8102785 Gavi
• 44.7057398.8673196 Libarna
• 44.8941678.8655567 Tortona

Lombardy

• 44.99259.0091678 Voghera
• 45.0619449.2611119 Broni
• 45.0166679.13333310 Casteggio

Emilia Romagna

• 45.059.711 Piacenza - Here the Via Postumia crossed another important itinerary, the Via Francigena.

Lombardy

• 45.13333310.03333312 Cremona
• 45.13333310.4513 Calvatone - Here a section of the Via Postumia continued for Mantua and another reached Verona,
• 45.15638910.79111114 Mantua

Veneto

• 45.43815810.99374215 Verona
• 45.37277811.13027816 Zevio
• 45.5511.5517 Vicenza
• 45.67222212.24222218 Treviso
• 45.78083312.49277819 Oderzo
• 45.76666712.8520 Concordia Sagittaria

Friuli Venezia Giulia

• 45.76666713.36666721 Aquileia - Aquileia has a very long history. It was a Roman colony, founded in 181 BC and later, during the imperial period, it became one of the most important Roman centers on the peninsula. Destroyed by the Huns of Attila in the 5th century, it was then conquered by the Lombards and for centuries it was also disputed by the Byzantines until it lost the patriarchal see. It passed under the dominion of the Serenissima Republic of Venice (from 1420) and then of the Holy Roman Empire. Even today it is one of the most important archaeological sites in all of northern Italy. Together with the nearby centers of Cividale del Friuli and to the city of Udine was one of the capitals of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Safety

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Image gallery

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  Genoa

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  Piacenza

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  Cremona

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  Verona, a stretch of the Via Postumia

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  Vicenza

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  Aquileia, Roman forum.

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