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The walls were characterized by the presence of the gates, in correspondence with<br \/>\nthe main streets of the city, by some towers and by an interesting structure identified with a barrackwarehouse.<br \/>\nThe town was laid out with streets in a grid pattern: the intersection between the main north \u2013 south<br \/>\noriented road (the cardus maximus) and the east \u2013 west one (the decumanus maximus) was the<br \/>\nmodel of a network of orthogonal streets. The urban plan based on 52 squared quartiers (insulae).<br \/>\nThe streets were 5,5 meters wide and flanked by dirt sidewalks. Their surface consisted of river cut<br \/>\ncobblestones rammed in the soil, limited by vertical rammed stones along the edges. The centres of<br \/>\nthe crossroads were occupied by manholes that ran the waters in the sewers.<br \/>\nThe town had three main entrances that corresponded to the main three gates situated at the<br \/>\nsouthern bottom of the cardus maximus and the east and west bottoms of the decumanus maximus.<br \/>\nThe northern one had only a secondary gate because of the small space that separated the city-walls<br \/>\nfrom the river Tanaro.<br \/>\n<em>1) Groma from Libarna (Ligurian Archaeology Museum, Genova-Pegli). The groma was a<\/em><br \/>\n<em>survey instrument. It was used to survey straight lines and right angles, thence squares or<\/em><br \/>\n<em>rectangles.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2) Roman crossroad preserved in the Palazzo Calissano archaeological site, in Alba<\/em><br \/>\n<em>3) Reconstruction of the crossroad with the surfaces, the arcades and the fa\u00e7ades. In the<\/em><br \/>\n<em>foreground, a photo of a part of the sewer crossroad<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P33 THE URBAN LAYOUT PLAN OF ALBA POMPEIA The town of Alba Pompeia was limited by the defensive walls. Their circuit enclosed all the eight sides of the city. 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