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Typology: Villas and archaeological areas

Address

Address: Via di San Nicola de Cesarini
Zone: Rione Pigna (Torre Argentina) (Roma centro)

Contacts

Telephone: 060608 tutti i giorni 9.00-19.00
Telephone: Informazioni e prenotazioni per gruppi/scuole call center 060608 (tutti i giorni ore 9.00-19.00)

Opening times

Tuesday-Sunday
9.30 to 19.00 from the last Sunday in March to the last Saturday in October
9.30 to 16.00 from the last Sunday in October to the last Saturday in March 
Last admission one hour before closing
24 and 31 December 9.30 to 14.00
Closed Mondays, 25 December, 1 January and 1 May

Ticket office and bookshop at the Torre del Papito piazza dei Calcarari.
The archaeological area is accessible to all.
Toilets not available

Information

Full non-resident € 5.00
Reduced non-resident € 4,00

Full resident € 4,00
Reduced resident € 3,00

PLEASE NOTE: pre-purchase of admission tickets is compulsory;
a maximum of 5 tickets may be purchased per transaction

Advance sale € 1,00
Free for eligible categories
Quotaed entrance every 20 minutes. Visit lasts approximately 45 minutes.

Free admission 1st Sunday of the month subject to site capacity.

Information and bookings for groups/schools
Call centre 060608 (every day 9 to 19)

Advance booking required (max 5 tickets at a time)
Valid MIC CARD holders - free admission
Valid Roma Pass holders - free admission or reduced ticket
Those entitled to free admission (disabled persons, minors, etc.) - tickets collected at the ticket office.

Scheduled events

Description

In 1926 the demolition works of the old quarter between Via del Teatro Argentina, Via Florida, Via S. Nicola de' Cesarini and Corso Vittorio Emanuele for the construction of new buildings brought to light one of the most important archaeological complexes in the city. Inaugurated on 21 April 1929 by Benito Mussolini, the Area Sacra di Largo Argentina has since then maintained its appearance as a paved square on which stand four temples, conventionally indicated by the first letters of the alphabet in the absence of a certain identification.
The ancient history of the area begins at the beginning of the 3rd century BC, when, on the original ground floor consisting of rammed earth and gravel, temple C was built, probably dedicated to the goddess Feronia. This is followed in succession by Temple A (mid-3rd century BC, dedicated to Giuturna), Temple D (early 2nd century BC, dedicated to the Lares Permarini), and Temple B (late 2nd century BC, dedicated to Fortuna huiusce diei). At the same time as the last building, the first floor, made of tufa slabs, was laid, probably after the devastating fire of 111 BC.
Another fire in A.D. 80 caused a radical transformation under Emperor Domitian: a new travertine slab floor was built on top of the flattened rubble, and the northern portico and the elevations of the temples were rebuilt.
During the 5th century, the area began to be abandoned and transformed, with structures that could refer to a monastic complex and, between the 8th and 9th centuries, to aristocratic houses. To the latter century, finally, belong the first testimonies of a church within Temple A, which in 1132 was dedicated to St. Nicholas, first named de' Calcarario and then de' Cesarini. On top of the medieval building (of which part of the decorated apse from the 12th century is preserved) a new sacred building was erected in the Baroque period, later destroyed during the demolitions of the Governorate.

On 20 June 2023, at the end of the works carried out under the scientific direction of the Capitoline Superintendency and made possible thanks to an act of patronage by the Bulgari Maison, the Sacred Area will be reopened to the public, with a new walkway route that for the first time will allow the structures to be appreciated at close range and in a systematic manner.
Two exhibition areas - set up in the eastern boundary of the Area and in the portico of the Torre del Papito - show a selection of the numerous finds discovered during the demolitions and excavations of the fascist era.
The site is accessible to people with motor disabilities or reduced mobility through the use of an elevating platform, while inside, height differences have been eliminated, making it easy to visit even in a wheelchair.
The access has also been facilitated for the visually impaired and blind with the creation of two large tactile panels and 3D-scanned exhibits.
 

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Last checked: 2023-12-18 10:29