The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Three Taverns from Acts
Lazio (Region), Italy
View Larger MapDescription of institution: was a place on the ancient Appian Way, about 50 km from Rome, designed for the reception of travellers, as the name indicates.
Here, the Christian saint Paul of Tarsus, on his way to Rome, was reportedly met by a band of Roman Christians (Acts 28:15). The "Tres Tabernae was the first mansio or mutatio, that is, halting-place for relays, from Rome, or the last on the way to the city. At this point three roads run into the Via Appia, that from Tusculum, that from Alba Longa, and that from Antium; so necessarily here would be a halting-place, which took its name from the three shops there, the general store, the blacksmith's, and the refreshment-house...Tres Tabernae is translated as Three Taverns, but it more correctly means three shops" URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Taverns