The incredible £16m plan to completely transform Rome
The new pathway will connect the Roman Forum, Colosseum, Baths of Caracalla, and Circus Maximus.
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The new pathway will connect the Roman Forum, Colosseum, Baths of Caracalla, and Circus Maximus.
Rome has recently unveiled several major restoration projects in a move that brings the past back to life and offers a glimpse of the city's ancient glory.
The Ulpia Basilica is the centerpiece of the Forum of Trajan, the largest and last of the imperial forums, named after Marcus Ulpius Traianus, emperor from 98 to 117 AD. Inaugurated in the 2nd century, it largely collapsed in the Middle Ages, but was brought to light by excavations at the beginning of the 19th century and in the 1930s. The project was financed by a donation of 1.5 million euros made in 2015 by the oligarch of Uzbek origin Alisher Ousmanov.
Visitors to Rome's Capitoline Museums can as of Tuesday admire a life-size reconstruction of the Colossus of Constantine based on the few known remaining pieces from the original statue dating to the fourth century AD. (ANSA)
ROME (AP) – Rome authorities on Thursday inaugurated a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original marble map of Ancient Rome that visitors can literally walk over. The opening of the Archaeological Park of the Celio and the new Museum of the Forma Urbis is part of […]