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Spoleto is a picturesque medieval hill town with a thousand years of history. The first Roman settlement, Spoletium, began in 241 BC and there are Roman remnants throughout the historic center. The town is built on a hillside with most of the sites in the compact upper town. Above the town is the medieval Rocca Albornoziana, built in the 14th century on the foundation of the Roman acropolis. Spanning the deep gorge to one side of the Rocca is the most famous sight, Ponte delle Torri, or Bridge of Towers, a 14th century bridge built over the foundation of a Roman aqueduct. Other sites worth mentioning are Piazza del Duomo and the Duomo at the foot of a scenic stairway, the Teatro Caio Melisso, one of Italy's first theaters, which is located on one side of the square, the Piazza del Mercato, once the site of the Roman Forum, and Casa Romana, which is believed to have been the house of Vespasia Polla, mother of Emperor Vespasian, who was responsible for building the Roman Colosseum.