Arco di Giano, triumfbåge i Rom. Nya fakta ?

Morrn.
Jag hade en dörr med på Tema "Veckans port Nr: 7.
Det är svårt att förklara portens funktion, när man ser hur högt upp den sitter.

Men så här ser det ut.

Hela bygget är ingärdat så det går inte att komma nära.....

Ett förklarande tillägg från webben är lagt till på slutet....

Klickbara bilder.

Hoppas att "tittarna" förstår.

A doorway in the SE pier led up to a suite of chambers and corridors in the upper reaches; the arch must have had an attic storey, which some would restore as a pyramid but is more likely to have been rectangular, echoing the podium-like footings. A substantial superstructure in brick-faced concrete was removed in 1830 in the belief, perhaps mistaken, that it was the remnant of C13 fortifications by the Frangipane family.


The arch was transformed into a fortress in the Middel Ages by the Frangipane family, who built a tower on top of it. When this tower was removed in the 19th century, some ancient structures went with it.

In the sides of the piers which support the arch are twelve niches, apparently intended for the reception of statues. In one of these is a doorway leading up a narrow staircase to a chamber in the interior of the building, probably used as a place for business

Det fanns förmodligen en trappa upp till dörren, men den finns inte nu, kanske den var av trä.