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Palmyra, Syria
Barcino, Barcelona In the ancient Roman city of
Barcino (present day
Barcelona, Spain), the
decumanus maximus started at the late-Roman gate (which still stands) in front of the current
Plaça Nova square. , Jordan
Split, Croatia Within the city of
Split, in present-day
Croatia, is the UNESCO Roman monument,
Diocletian's Palace. This city, built by the Emperor
Diocletian, exhibits the characteristic Roman orthogonal street system with the
decumanus maximus connecting the west Iron Gate to the east Silver Gate.
Gadara, Jordan In Roman
Gadara, present-day
Umm Qais, in
Jordan, the
decumanus runs east–west for approximately one kilometre with its ancient
flagstones extant.
Damascus, Syria Another fine example is the
Straight Street or
Via Recta in
Damascus, which is 1,500 metres long, connecting the eastern and western gates.
Beirut, Lebanon In
Beirut's
central business district,
Rue Weygand, which runs east–west, still follows the ancient
Roman decumanus.
Florence, Italy In Florence, the
decumanus is preserved as the streets Via Strozzi, Via Speziali, and Via del Corso in the city's old centre. Although these streets have different names, they form a continuous line with a split between the Via Strozzi and Via Speziali by the Palazzo Strozzi. In Roman times, these three streets formed the
decumanus of Florentina, the name of the Roman
colonia. The Via Roma and the Via Calimala are formed from the ancient
cardo, and what was once the forum in ancient Florence is now the Piazza della Repubblica., Antalya Province, TurkeyIn
Naples, there still exist three main
decumani which are, from north to south: •
Superiore: consisting of Via Sapienza, Via Pisanelli, and Via Anticaglia; •
Maggiore: Via dei Tribunali; •
Inferiore: Via Spaccanapoli, consisting of Via Benedetto Croce and Via San Biagio dei Librai. == Gallery ==