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At Tiber Island are two bridges. The Ponte Cestio, often rebuilt since the 1st century bc, leads to Trastevere, while the Ponte Fabricio (62 bc), the oldest in Rome, runs from the shore below the Capitoline. The island, 1,100 feet long and less than 330 feet wide at its widest, has been a place of healing since the Temple of Aesculapius was erected after the plague of 291 bc; the largest...
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