Rome authorities on Thursday inaugurated a brand new archaeological park and museum within the shadow of the Colosseum that options an authentic marble map of Historic Rome that guests can actually stroll over.
The opening of the Archaeological Park of the Celio and the brand new Museum of the Forma Urbis is a part of an even bigger undertaking to develop the hilly space across the Roman Discussion board, Palatine Hill and Colosseum that’s house to ruins of historical temples and gymnasiums.
Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri was readily available Thursday to open the brand new archaeological garden and museum and walked throughout the map fragments – now preserved beneath glass — of the well-known Forma Urbis Romae.
The large marble plan of Historic Rome, which initially measured about 18 meters by 13 meters was engraved between 203 and 211 A.D. beneath Emperor Septimius Severus and was initially displayed on a wall of the Roman Discussion board.
The enormous marble map of historical Rome is proven to the media within the Archaeological Park of Mount Celio Museum overlooking the Colosseum in Rome, on Jan. 11, 2024. Authorities have inaugurated a brand new archaeological park and museum within the shadow of the Colosseum that options an authentic marble map of Historic Rome that guests can actually stroll over. (AP Photograph/Gregorio Borgia)
“We decided to place it horizontally to give the chance to have the feeling to walk in the ancient city of Rome,” stated Claudio Parisi Presicce, Rome cultural heritage superintendent.
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Solely a few tenth of the map stays; it was final proven publicly round a century in the past.
Guests can enter the park freed from cost day-after-day, whereas the museum is open day-after-day however Monday for a $10 price.
