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The first thoughts of protection
The idea of a huge archaeological park to cover the area between Colonna Traiana and Castelli Romani first comes to light in Napoleonic times.
The governor De Tournon involves artists such as Valadier and Antonio Canova in the project. Subsequently Pope Pius IX launches a restoration project for the Appia Antica entrusted to Luigi Canina, a Piedmontese architect and archaeologist: his work on the Regina Viarum had an effect still visible today.
After the Unification, Rodolfo Lanciani, Guido Baccelli and Ruggero Bonghi propose the first projects for the restoration of the Appia Antica and from these proposals the "archaeological walk" was created between the Circo Massimo and Terme di Caracalla.
In 1931 the via Appia Antica was described in the town plans as a "large park" surrounded by a "buffer zone".
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