Largo di Torre Argentina
Ancient religious monument in Rome, Italy
Largo di Torre Argentina
Largo di Torre Argentina (lit. 'Silver Tower Square', Italian: [ˈlarɡo di ˈtorre ardʒenˈtiːna]) is a large open space in Rome, Italy, with four Roman Republican temples and the remains of Pompey's Theatre. It is in the ancient Campus Martius. This was one of the places that the ancient "Argentario"—the silver/money men, the bankers—used to conduct their trade. The name of the square comes from the Torre Argentina (Silver Tower), which takes its name from the city of Strasbourg whose Latin name was Argentoratum—Silver [city]. In 1503, the Papal Master of Ceremonies Johannes Burckardt, who came from Strasbourg and was known as "Argentinus", built in via del Sudario a palace (now at number 44), called Casa del Burcardo, to which the tower is annexed. Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Curia of Pompey, and the spot where he is believed to have been assassinated is in the square. After Italian unification, it was decided to reconstruct part of Rome (1909), demolishing the zone of Torre Argentina...
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