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Explore Rome’s Hidden Underworld, Where a City Lurks Beneath a City
The Vicus Caprarius (City of Water), an underground museum that includes an ancient apartment complex, was discovered in 1999-2001. Paolo Verzone / Agence VU “Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a …