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| The town hall of Augusta Raurica The curia was erected at the eastern end of the forum above a basement, which is still accessible today. The seating tiers catering for 100 councillors (decuriones) as well as the two mayoral (duumviri) seats situated on a podium facing the councillors were originally covered by a roof. The so-called curia basement underneath it probably served as a treasure chamber or storeroom; today, it houses an exhibition of various mosaics. |
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Today:
 Town council hall
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In Roman times:
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| Thanks to the fact that the curia was built into a slope, it is rather well preserved. The basement in particular still contained so many original sections of masonry that officials decided in 1960 to restore the Roman town hall to its present state. The curia basement, today the location of a mosaic exhibition and of workshops for schools, was accessible since its initial construction and was covered by a timber ceiling. Located above it was the hall of decuriones - the hall where the town councillors held their meetings. After a fire in the late 1st century AD, the basement was filled in and the old wooden ceiling and seats were replaced by a new town council hall with stone-built tiers of seating for the councillors; the top floor of the building has been restored to represent this phase. | ||
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