3. Osteria del Lab
Restaurant with archaeological remains belonging to the provincial forum representation square and with a network of gothic arches and medieval walls.
When setting foot inside Osteria del Lab we are immediately transported to a world where the Medieval and Modern eras are perfectly intertwined. A plethora of pointed arches welcome us inside the restaurant. Some are higher and help support the ceiling, while others are lower and serve as space delimitations. These medieval architectural elements are seamlessly woven with a modern aesthetic through the use of visual contrasts such as leaving stone walls bare of any decorations while others are painted entirely in black, or the use of minimalistic dark straight-lined furniture as a contrast to the curvature and roughness of the walls and arches. Moreover, one section of the restaurant contains a piece of the structure of the provincial forum representation square. All in all, Osteria del Lab is a unique space where one can enjoy both culinary and historical fusions.
Osteria del Lab is at Carrer del Comte, 12.
This is a medieval building constructed at the westernmost wall of the Roman provincial forum representation square. This location has left us with some rows in the opus quadratum style that were used as foundations upon which to build all the medieval houses on the western side of the street. The plethora of arches inside the restaurant are also of note, as they date from the time the house was first built, around the 13th or 14th centuries, and are in a very good state of preservation. Most of the original walls are also in good shape and have been left visible to the naked eye. Some pointed arches, though, have been filled and retrofitted as walls in order to subdivide the ground floor space differently, and this probably happened during the Early Modern era. Lastly, a flat arch dating from either the 16th or 17th centuries can be seen at the western end of the restaurant. Its opening was probably walled sometime in the 19th century, but it would originally have led to the rear area of the Convent of St. Dominic.
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Restaurant with archaeological remains belonging to the provincial forum representation square and with a network of gothic arches and medieval walls.41.1182493 1.2556374