A Tourist in Rome - Column in Piazza de Massimi

Location:41.89735, 12.47365 Piazza de Massimi, one block southeast from Piazza Navona
Metro:None, perhaps Spagna. An alternate is to take Bus 40 or 64 (get off at Piazza San Panteleo, 2 stops past Piazza Venezia, then walk a half block north from there).
Time:about 10 minutes
Cost:Free
Hours:Viewable at any time

Piazza de Massimi is a very small piazza one block southeast from Piazza Navona used mainly as a parking lot for cars. In 1950, a column from a small ancient theater named the Odeon of Domitian was reconstructed from fragments and placed in this piazza.

    
Column in Piazza de Massimi
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Column in Piazza de Massimi
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A small wall decoration above and to the left of the Fountain of Via della Posta Vecchia, perhaps indicating that the Column in Piazza de Massimi is nearby in this direction (?)
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The Column in Piazza de Massimi
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