Parco Archeologico del Celio and Forma Urbis Museum open to public from 12 January.
Rome has opened a brand new museum and archaeological park in a forgotten nook of one of many capital’s famed seven hills – the Caelian – in opposition to the backdrop of the Colosseum.
The Parco Archeologico del Celio and the Museo della Forma Urbis had been inaugurated on Thursday by the town’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri forward of their opening to the general public on Friday.
The museum homes the remaining fragments of the Forma Urbis Romae, the enormous marble map of historical Rome engraved between 203 and 211 AD underneath Emperor Septimius Severus.
Guests to Rome’s new Forma Urbis Museum on the Caelian Hill can stroll throughout a glass flooring with fragments of an enormous marble map of the town engraved within the early third century by order of Emperor Septimius Severus. pic.twitter.com/3h89t8JeaW
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The final time the stays of the traditional map had been seen by the general public was a century in the past after they had been on show within the backyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Capitoline Hill.
The map, which initially measured 18 by 13 metres, was mounted on an inside wall of the Temple of Peace earlier than being destroyed in the course of the Center Ages when the marble was used as constructing supplies or for making lime.
The structure of the brand new Forma Urbis Museum permits guests to completely benefit from the marble map, with the unique fragments positioned underneath a glass flooring which is superimposed with Giovanni Battista Nolli’s 1748 Pianta Grande map of Rome.
The Celio Archaeological Park is positioned beside the Case Romane underground complicated, with entry from Clivo di Scauro, the little arched highway between the church buildings of S. Gregorio and SS. Giovanni e Paolo.
Situated between the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus, the newly-opened park accommodates a wealth of epigraphic and architectural materials, positioned right here after being unearthed as a part of excavations across the metropolis on the finish of the nineteenth century.
Rome opens a beautiful new archaeological park on the Caelian Hill tomorrow, with views of the Colosseum. Parco Archeologico del Celio can be open at no cost daily, with entry from Clivo di Scauro. The location additionally contains the Museo della Forma Urbis which requires tickets. pic.twitter.com/Z07s3aQeov
— Wished in Rome (@wantedinrome) January 11, 2024
The location is wealthy in archaeological historical past, containing the perimeter foundations of the Divo Claudio, or Temple of Claudius, relationship to the primary century AD.
The park can be residence to the Casina del Salvi which the town says is destined to return to its authentic operate as a coffee-house for guests in addition to changing into a part of Rome’s community of museum buildings providing school rooms to college students.
Apre a #Roma il Parco Archeologico del Celio con il nuovo Museo della #FormaUrbis, una bellissima space verde gratuita, a due passi dal Colosseo, con importanti evidenze archeologiche. Non perdetevi questa ennesima meraviglia che la nostra città offre al mondo intero! pic.twitter.com/NOkQLQ05wP
— Roberto Gualtieri (@gualtierieurope) January 11, 2024
The challenge is a part of a broader transformation of the Caelian Hill, with works to quickly get underway to reclaim the capital’s former Antiquarium which has been in a state of abandonment for nearly a century.
The brand new park and museum may even type a part of the town’s New Archaeological Stroll linking historical Roman websites across the Roman Discussion board, Colosseum, Baths of Caracalla and Circus Maximus, incorporating the Caelian, Palatine and Capitoline hills.
Domani 12 gennaio apre il Museo della Forma Urbis nel nuovo Parco Archeologico del Celio! La celebre pianta marmorea dell’antica Roma torna a essere visibile al pubblico insieme a una collezione di materiali archeologici esposti nel Parco. Per information https://t.co/Wdw4jLqHC4 pic.twitter.com/Nwu5a9CNET
— Sovrintendenza Roma (@Sovrintendenza) January 11, 2024
The best way to go to Parco Archeologico del Celio and Museo della Forma Urbis
Entry to the park is from Viale del Parco del Celio 20, Viale del Parco del Celio 22 and Clivo di Scauro 4.
The park is open at no cost daily, besides 25 December and 1 Might, from 07.00 till 17.30 (winter timetable) and from 07.00 to twenty.00 (summer season).
The Museo della Forma Urbis is open Tues-Solar 10.00-16.00 (final entry one hour earlier than closing). Closed 25 December and 1 Might.
Tickets are required for the museum (however not the park): €9 full worth for non residents of the town (discounted €6.50), whereas Rome residents pay €6.50 (or €5.50 lowered).
The museum is free to holders of Rome’s MIC museum move.
For extra info tel. 060608 (day by day from 09.00-19.00) or see the Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali web site.
