Sector XI is a pleasant residential area, full of understated elegance and lively commerce. The stone streets wind gracefully between rows of well-kept homes, which, while not extravagant, are pleasing to the eye. The homes overflow with bright vines and flowers that cascade down their sides like living garlands, topped with picturesque terracotta grooves. At the centre of the district lies a broad forum where artisans display their crafts beneath colourful awnings: potters, weavers and painters alike all congregate here every which day of the week. The scent of fresh bread mingles with the tang of cured olives and salted fish. Musicians and poets, eager to entertain the masses, take to the stone benches along the market's edge, drawing in small crowds with their melodies and verses. In the very centre of the sector, a large fountain stands, surrounded by marble benches and decorated with statues of nymphs and satyrs intertwined in an endless dance, trickling with cool water that glimmers in the hot sun. It is a charming area, where the rhythms of artistry and trade blend into a pleasant urban hum.
