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UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Aquileia is a comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Now a small town, it used to be one of the world's largest cities in the Late Antiquity. Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia form a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
A basilica erected by Patriarch Poppo in 1031, and later rebuilt in the Gothic style by Patriarch Marquard of Randeck. Contains a mosaic floor having 760 m2.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Contains a collection of ancient Roman mosaics, jewellery, gems, pottery and coins.
The ruins are just a line of standing columns.
Early Christian Museum
The museum contains some exhibits from the 4th to the 9th century AD.
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