Horti Lolliani, Archaeological site on Esquiline Hill in Rome, Italy.
The Horti Lolliani is a garden complex on the Esquiline Hill that survives today only as ruins spread across the landscape. The remains are located between Via Principe Amedeo and Piazza delle Terme in central Rome.
These gardens developed during the early imperial period as a private retreat for wealthy Romans and expanded over time. Their exact location was determined only after ancient boundary markers were unearthed in the 1800s.
These gardens belonged to a wealthy Roman family and served as a retreat for the city's elite class. Such private estates reflected both the owner's prosperity and their social standing in ancient Rome.
The site surface is uneven and partly covered by modern structures, so visitors should watch their step carefully. The best way to view the ruins is to approach from the surrounding plaza and follow the visible remains along the edge of the site.
Two stone boundary markers called cippi mark the former administrative borders between two regions of ancient Rome. These rare objects show how precisely the Romans surveyed and recorded their territorial divisions.
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