Macellum Temple of Serapis

Macellum

I literally walked past this place after visiting the Amphitheater. You can’t go in but just look from above. Pretty awesome though.

Impressive, but don't bother paying the entrance fee

Impressive site, originally thought to be a temple, but now confirmed as a market-place ..... or is it the other way round? ;-) You can see all there is to see from the street, so it's really not wort...

To look from a distance

Wrongly known as the temple of Serapis (serapeum) because of a statue found there, took some time to realize it was the marketplace (macellum). For us it was a bit underwhelming because it was just w...

Isabelle (France)

We visited the “Serapis temple”, which was believed to be a temple dedicated to the Egyptian god Serapis, was in fact a public market! The building has a large square central courtyard surrounded by ...

A nice look at a piece of Roman municipal planning

As an archaeologist, I visit many similar places, so I'm just writing on the things that strike me here, not trying to summarize the importance of the site. It struck me how well-preserved the plan o...