A Roman granite quarry and its garrison, intact in the desert
Mons Claudianus
Typical visit: 2 h 30 m
Granite for the Pantheon's columns was cut here, and the workers' town is still standing.
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One of the best-preserved Roman industrial sites anywhere: a quarry, a fort, animal lines and the workers' quarters, left largely as they were when the work stopped. The columns in the Pantheon's portico came from this rock.
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