Along the Decumanus Maximus in Ostia Antica

Vintage postcard titled 'Greetings From Ostia Antica, Italy' showing five circular views of Ostia Antica ruins: Decumanus Maximus, Horrea, Forum and Capitollium, Thermopolium, and Castello di Giulio II Ostia.

You feel the shift before you see the stones. Ten minutes after the train leaves Piramide, apartment blocks thin out. Pine and scrub take their place. Then the doors open at Ostia Antica station, and the air smells like river mud and cut grass instead of bus exhaust. The harbor city sits a short walk … Read more