Manuela Peeled article published on the website corriere.it
Not only the archaeological finds, but the reconstruction of the missing pieces through photos and video. The Roman imperial domus placed under Palazzo Valentini, a member of a powerful family of the time (maybe a senator) can now be admired for how it really was. In the basement where the artifacts are, in fact, drew a media reconstruction, on the advice of archaeologists, architects and art historians. On the trail of the rooms and artefacts came to light after the excavations begun in 2006, offers a guided tour to view the mosaics, the walls decorated marble floors, statues, gardens and baths that were part of a structure of several thousand square meters. On the walls of the rooms the colors magically come back, the windows gone, destroyed the pillars and the decorations that have left only fragments.
THE RUINS AND RESTORATION - Restoration work started in 2006 by the then President of the Province Ernico Garbarra, when he was Minister of Culture Francesco Rutelli, were concluded in 2010 under the chairmanship of Nicola Zingaretti. I am now a permanent exhibition first example of a multimedia tour through the ruins of ancient Rome, in collaboration with Piero Angela and the team of experts and technicians as Paco Lanciano Gaetano Capasso.
JOURNEY: PROTAGONISTAE 'THE VISITOR - A guided tour is like traveling back in time and history-rich artifacts and image reconstruction, where the visitor is the protagonist who carries it out. Entering from the Palazzo Valentini is down in the basement and you enter the domus walking on floors that lets you not only look around, but in low light where the lights and video graphics reconstructs marble floors and mosaics. Small groups of up to 15 people are accompanied by archaeologists as directors accompany the various rooms where the start of the dark projections. The trip is narrated by the warm voice of Piero Angela and family about the life of the former padrone di casa, tra i saloni dei ricevimenti, la biblioteca, le abitudini nel mangiare che sono state scoperte anche grazie ai reperti di cibo, tornati alla luce dopo gli scavi. O come erano costruite le strade nelle migliaia di chilometri dell'Impero, che si chiamavano così perchè erano formate da strati: in fondo grossi massi, poi piccoli, quindi ghiaia e infine le lastre lisce. Per le visite, della durata di poco meno di un'ora, è preferibile prenotare (anche online) sul sito di Civita o della Provincia di Roma.
LA STORIA DI PALAZZO VALENTINI - Palazzo Valentini fu edificato a partire dalla fine del Cinquecento su iniziativa del Cardinale Michele Bonelli, nipote del papa Pio V, il porporato aveva launched a vast operation to clean the area of \u200b\u200bthe Imperial Fora. At this stage of the factory, perhaps directed by brother Sunday Paganelli system that sets the keystone of the building, close to the square SS.Apostoli an elegant facade, followed in the seventeenth century. a series of renovations and extensions on the client card. Carlo Bonelli. In the early eighteenth century the palace was leased to the principles Ruspoli that hosted, among others, the composer GF Handel. In the middle of the century, the whole building was purchased by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli which must be set up in the rich library of the Imperial Palace - made up of over twenty-four thousand volumes - and destined to public use. In 1827 the building was acquired by Vincenzo Valentini banker who established his residence here, promoting the completion of the work towards the Forum. In 1873, after the building passed to the Provincial Deputation of Rome, were made further extensions and conversions to make it suitable to house its offices and the Provincial Council.
Excavations at Palazzo Valentini
Info and reservations: 06.32810 telephone or the internet site of Civita
Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 18.00 Saturday from 09.00 to 13.00. Reservations required
recommended for safety reasons, the inputs are limited
Admission: € 6.00, reduced € 4.00 for visitors aged between 6 and 25 years and over 65
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