How old are the cobbled streets in Rome?

Cobblestones as a road surface in Rome can be dated back to the 1700s. In the mid-1700s, Pope Clement VIII Corsini started having the streets of Rome be paved with cobblestones, or as they are known locally, “sampietrini” which means “little stones of St. Peters” (Rome, 2014).



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Cobblestones as a road surface in Rome can be dated back to the 1700s. In the mid-1700s, Pope Clement VIII Corsini started having the streets of Rome be paved with cobblestones, or as they are known locally, “sampietrini” which means “little stones of St. Peters” (Rome, 2014).

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The stones were produced from deposits of volcanic rock that once spewed from the hills around Rome. Though sampietrini that are removed are recycled, the city resorted to importing machine-made cobblestones from China amid efforts to spruce up Rome for jubilee celebrations in 2000.

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Appian Way, Latin Via Appia, the first and most famous of the ancient Roman roads, running from Rome to Campania and southern Italy. The Appian Way was begun in 312 bce by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus.

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Actually, though, it was the Romans who first invented cobblestone streets. The first recorded cobblestone roads appeared in Rome's unparalleled network of roads in the third century. The term cobblestone refers to the smooth, round shape of the stones that workers picked up in rivers and streams.

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Appian Way, Latin Via Appia, the first and most famous of the ancient Roman roads, running from Rome to Campania and southern Italy. The Appian Way was begun in 312 bce by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus.

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Roman roads contained several layers which made the road extremely durable. They didn't have to be upgraded and repaved each year. But given that they were made of stone, your car's suspension might not be the biggest fan of travel if the same method was used today.

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The Pantheon in Rome, Italy, is a massive granite and concrete structure visited by millions annually. It is the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world, the oldest continuously used structure in history, and the best-preserved building of antiquity.

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The Palatine Hill is known as the place where Romulus and Remus founded Rome. The place is filled with old ruins and the entrance is combined with Collosseum and Roman Forum (12 Euros).

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Via del Corso is the vena cava of the Rome Centro Storico, the most important street in the heart of the city. It runs all the way from the south side of the old town on the Piazza Venezia to the historic northern gate to medieval Rome on the Piazza del Popolo.

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