Garden of Treasures

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Just outside of Grado is the town of Aquileia, home to the Archeological Museum and a large number of Roman ruins and artifacts. Apparently Aquileia was one of the 4 most important cities in the Roman empire at one time, with a key location for trading with northern peoples. We spent several hours in the museum and surrounding gardens. In the museum, we saw oil lamps, jewelry, coins, pottery, glass perfume bottles, and many other artifacts of daily Roman life. There were slabs of rock with Latin writings and pieces of massive mosiacs just stacked in the gardens, far too many to display properly in the museum!

Not far from the museum is the Basilica, dating back to 313 AD. The floor of the church is a huge, beautiful tile mosiac. You can also pay to go underground to see more mosiacs and the ruins of structures near the church.

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