{"id":99565,"date":"2021-12-03T21:46:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=ciekawostki&p=99565"},"modified":"2021-12-03T21:46:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:46:49","slug":"trajans-halls-first-shopping-mall","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/trajans-halls-first-shopping-mall\/","title":{"rendered":"Trajan’s Halls – first shopping mall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trajan’s Halls<\/b> (Mercatus Traiani<\/em>) is probably the first shopping mall as we understand it today. They were created on the command of Emperor Trajan<\/a> in the 2nd century CE (probably in the years 100-110 CE) by his architect Apollodor of Damascus<\/a>. There were about 150 shops on several levels. <\/p>\n

Trajan’s Halls are located on Via dei Fori Imperiali<\/em> opposite the Colosseum<\/a>. Their construction required levelling a part of the Quirinal. Located on a hill; together with the basilica, shops and offices<\/a>, the entire complex consisted of six levels. Although the halls were mostly used for the market, some of the rooms played the administrative role of the emperor.<\/p>\n

The first level was referred to as tabernae;<\/em> on the second level, there were shops adjacent to the rocks of the slope. On both sides of tabernae<\/em> two large halls with windows were built, topped with two half-domes (these buildings could be used as schools). On the third floor there is a steep road – Via Biberatica,<\/em> which takes its name from the Latin word bibo<\/em>, meaning “to drink” – there were shops and taverns on the street.<\/p>\n

In the lower part of the square, there were two large halls where shows and speeches were probably held. At the end of Trajan’s halls, there is a great balcony with a beautiful view of Trajan’s Forum<\/a> and the Altar of the Fatherland in Rome<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35987,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[153,69],"class_list":["post-99565","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-architecture","kategorie_ciekawostek-monuments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/99565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ciekawostki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/99565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=99565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}