Build A Map To View

This section allows you to construct your own map of Rome by selecting up to three categories of typological
data to overlay on a base map.

The base map includes:
the Tiber River, streams, springs, and the city walls that can be seen in the intramural city today.

Optionally, you may view this map with the1998 Rome street plan, or with 1998 Rome topography.

Warning: this process is highly data-intensive, even with three layers or less, and can take at least a minute to load.

Click here to view Map Legend

Select Viewing Options (base map alone is default)

Hydrology Base Map with 1998 Rome Street Plan Hydrology Base Map with 1998 Rome Topography

Typological Layer List

Each button represents a layer of typological data. Dark layers are ready to use. All other layers are still under construction.

Please select only THREE layers of data.

NATURAL WATER ELEMENTS

    Marshes
    Floods

URBAN WATER FEATURES

    RIVER CROSSINGS

       All Tiber River Bridges within the intramural walls
          Ancient Tiber River Bridges within the intramural walls (Pons Sublicius, Pons Amelius, Pons Fabricius, etc.)
          Modern Tiber River Bridges within the intramural walls

       All Traiectus and Traghetti (ferry crossings on the Tiber River)
          Ancient Ferries (Traiectus) on the Tiber River
          Historic Ferries (Traghetti) on the Tiber River

    WATER SUPPLY

       All Aqueducts bringing water to Rome
          Ancient Aqueducts (Aqua Appia, Aqua Virgo, Aqua Claudia, Aqua Marcia, etc.)
          Modern Aqueducts (Acqua Vergine, Acqua Felice, Acqua Paola, Acqua Marcia Pia, Acqua Peschiera, etc.)

       Water Reservoirs (Cistern, Piscina, Castello, Bottino, Serbatoio)

       Wells


    WATER DISTRIBUTION

       Distribution Systems
          Acqua Vergine Conduits and Fountains - 1570 Proposal by Giacomo Della Porta (choose either 1570 or 1572 - do not choose both)
          Acqua Vergine Conduits and Fountains - 1572 Proposal by Giacomo Della Porta (choose either 1570 or 1572 - do not choose both)
          Acqua Felice Conduits and Fountains (original distribution plans, 1585-1600)
          Acqua Paola Conduits and Fountains (original distribution plans, 1614-1626)

       Modern Public Fountains
          Mostre Fountains (Terminal Fountains associated with Baroque Aqueduct)
          Ornamental Fountains
          Le Fontane di Roma, Gianbattista Falda, 1675 (a map with links to the plates)
          All Drinking Fountains
             Wall Fountains (Mural Fountains)
             "Semi-Pubbliche" Fountains (Drinking Fountains such as Il Babuino, Il Facchino, etc.)
             Rione Fountains   (neighborhood drinking fountains constructed from 1927-1930 under the direction of Benito Mussolini)
             "Nasone" Fountains (Fontanelle)

       Other Water Displays
          Nymphaea (a map of ancient nymphaea documented by Norman Neuerburg, 1960)
          Ancient Roman Fountains (documented)
          Naumachaea (Water Theaters)

       Service Fountains
          Lavatoio (Laundry Fountains primarily dating from the Baroque Period)
          Beveratoio (Animal Troughs)

       Fountain Designers
          Fountains of Giacomo Della Porta (Built between 1563-1601)
          Fountains of Domenico Fontana (Built between 1585-1602)
          Fountains of Carlo Maderno
          Fountains of Gianlorenzo Bernini

    Water Drainage and Disposal

       Ancient Cloache (Sewers documented by P. Narducci, Sulle fognature di Roma, Rome, 1889)
       Baroque Cloache (Sewers)
       Modern Cloache (Sewers)
       Eripus Channels (open ornamental channels)

    Water and Hygiene

       Imperial Baths
       Balnae (smaller public and private baths)
       Baths for Christian Pilgrims

URBAN ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER

    Mithraea

    Temples and Shrines Associated with Water or Water Dieties

    Sites Associated with Literature and Film

    Public Markets (fish, produce, etc.)

       Ancient Markets (Forum Boarium, Forum Holitorium, Forum Piscatorium, etc.)
       Historic Markets (15th to 19th Century)
       Contemporary Markets

    Molinae (Grain Mills on the Tiber River and elsewhere in intramural Rome)

    Tiber River Ports

       Inscriptions and Markers
          Flood Markers
          Fountain Markers
          Cippi (Ancient Boundary Stones for the Tiber River)

    City Walls (Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Modern)

    Rione

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