Place: Aquileia, Italy
Weather: Showers and thunderstorms, 64/79F.
Route: From Skocjan Caves 104 km west on H4.
Significance: Aquileia was one of the most important cities in the Roman world, with over 100,000 inhabitants in the 2nd century CE. There is a basilica there that was built mostly in the 11th and 12th centuries, but includes a floor mosaic from an earlier church that dates to the 4th century CE.
Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site
The archaeological area (from whc.unesco.org)
The interior of the basilica with 4th century floor mosaic (from whc.unesco.org)
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