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32deep) prove that the Porta Sul was one of thetown’s main entrances through which heavilyloaded carts entered the town 32.The gate building opens onto a large rectangularsquare of 20.95x24.3m paved with large graniteblocks, symmetrically arranged on either sideof the 4m wide cardo maximus, the main northsouthstreet of <strong>Ammaia</strong> that passed alongsidethe town’s major buildings such as the bathhouseand the forum 33. Three columns found duringthe excavation of the cardo maximus illustratethe architectural decoration of the square. In themiddle of both sides of the square, a statue on aA porta monumental abre para uma grande praçaretangular de 20,95 x 24,3 m, pavimentada comgrandes blocos de granito dispostos simetricamentede ambos os lados do cardus maximus (com quatrometros de largura), a principal via norte-sul de<strong>Ammaia</strong>, que passava junto dos grandes edifíciospúblicos da <strong>cidade</strong>, como o complexo termal e ofórum 33. As três colunas encontradas durante aescavação do cardus maximus são ilustrativas dadecoração arquitetónica da praça. Ao centro, deambos os lados da praça, uma estátua sobre umpequeno pódio ornamentava originalmente o complexo.Supomos que ao longo de ambos os flancos33

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