The sound of horses’ hooves pulling carriages and buggys on the district’s still unpaved roads has been replaced by the sounds of a modern metropolis: the chaos of traffic, horns, buses coming to a stop. Yet just looking at a picture like this is enough to take a real plunge into the past.
So here we are at Porta Salaria, in a period photograph, when it still allowed the Via Salaria to pass through the Aurelian walls. The image, printed on silver bromide gelatin paper, is by photographer Romualdo Moscioni (photographic archive of the Museum of Rome) and is taken from the Typimedia Editore volume “Come Eravamo Trieste-Salario”, a journey through images in the history of the district.
Porta Salaria was demolished in 1921 to improve the road system in Rome, with the creation of Piazza Fiume. Carts with horses gave way to cars and public transport. Today the area is a key road junction in the district.
In the series ‘Come Eravamo’ (How We Were), Typimedia Editore has also published volumes dedicated to the districts of Montesacro, Nomentano, Monteverde and San Lorenzo.
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