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know, legend and truth, the history of the strange island shaped like a ship that is on the Tiber, the river that flows through Rome. In the heart of the capital, in a bend of the Tiber, is the island of St. Bartholomew, or Isola Tiberina. The island is connected by two bridges to the city. This river supplies water to the city of Rome. Along the Tiber sailed merchant ships carrying food and goods of all kinds. From the river, then, the city of Rome received the necessities of life.
Since the early days of Rome, the Tiber Island was a place a little 'magic. Here, in fact, they celebrated religious ceremonies during which the patient asked the gods to heal. The island was sacred to Aesculapius, the god of medicine. The patients drank water from a well sacred to the god ... and hoped to heal.
Legend has it that the Romans threw into the Tiber all the grain of Tarquinius, the Etruscan king who ruled the Roman people and then were thrown out. The grain was covered by mud, and so was formed the island.
According to another legend, however, stopped a ship in a storm that point of the Tiber. The ship was covered by the mud of the river and formed the island.
In reality, the debris were brought from the river to create the island. Disabled artists, then, in I. sec. AD, gave the striking shape of a ship.
Since the early days of Rome, the Tiber Island was a place a little 'magic. Here, in fact, they celebrated religious ceremonies during which the patient asked the gods to heal. The island was sacred to Aesculapius, the god of medicine. The patients drank water from a well sacred to the god ... and hoped to heal.
Legend has it that the Romans threw into the Tiber all the grain of Tarquinius, the Etruscan king who ruled the Roman people and then were thrown out. The grain was covered by mud, and so was formed the island.
According to another legend, however, stopped a ship in a storm that point of the Tiber. The ship was covered by the mud of the river and formed the island.
In reality, the debris were brought from the river to create the island. Disabled artists, then, in I. sec. AD, gave the striking shape of a ship.
- What river flows through Rome?
- What shape is the Tiber Island?
- How many bridges are on the island?
- In what part of town is the Isola Tiberina?
- What carried the ships?
- What was the other name of the island?
- What did they do to heal the sick?
- Legend has it that the Romans threw into the water?
- What is formed the island according to another legend?
- In fact, when the artists formed the Tiber Island?
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