Title
Columna Lattaria: Columna Lactaria in Rome
Caption
Columna Lattaria: the Columna Lactaria in Rome, in the Forum Holitorium.
At its base was a public charity where poor parents could obtain milk for their babies. It was also a place where infants were abandoned in the certainty that they would be fed.
In: Girolamo Franzini (1537-1596), Antiquitates romanae Urbis, Rome, 1599
Private collection
Date
1599
Credit line
Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12
Reference
DGL23A00_347
License type
Rights managed
Available size
94,1Mb (6,0Mb) / 16,1in x 22,8in / 4816 x 6832 (300dpi)