National Museum of Rome

The Museo Nazionale Romano, founded in 1889, is located in Rome and is now spread over five locations:

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Octagonal Hall, the Palazzo Altemps, Diocletian and crypt Balbi.

The archaeological collection of the museum is one of the most important in the world.

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

The Palazzo Massimo alle Terme is located at Largo di Villa Peretti, diagonally across from the Termini railway station.

He was 1883-1887 built on the site of the former Villa Peretti in 16th century style. It houses sculptures, portraits and reliefs from the time of the late Roman Republic and early Empire. These include, among other things, a statue of Augustus, two statues of Apollo, the girl from Antium and the sarcophagus of Portonaccio. They are also fitted the two temporarily exhibited in the Octagonal Hall statues of a Greek ruler (so-called Therme ruler ) and the pugilists from the Quirinal. They are of particular importance, since only a few Greek bronzes of this quality and size have survived to this day. In addition, wall paintings from the Villa di Livia and the decoration of the Casa della Farnesina can be visited. On display are also exhibits of the Nemi ships. In a vault coins from antiquity, the Middle Ages and the modern era are kept. In addition, the gem is on display with the Gem of the Aspasius.

Octagonal Hall

The Octagonal Hall is located in Via Romita.

She was originally part of the Baths of Diocletian. In ancient times there was a framed with marble and stucco Frigidarium. 1609 the construction of Paul V was converted into a granary. In 1928, he was transformed into a planetarium.

To gain insight into the design of the large Roman baths of the 2nd - 4th To grant century, the auditorium was equipped with a range of marble and bronze sculptures.

Palazzo Altemps

The Palazzo Altemps located on the Piazza di S. Apollinare 44 at the Piazza Navona.

It was in 1585 for Cardinal Mark parakeet of Hohenems ( Italianised: Marco Sittico Altemps ) built and houses collections of classical art. This includes the collection Ludovisi with 104 sculptures, including Orestes and Electra, Ares and the head of Juno, as well as a Greek original of the 5th century BC, with the name " Ludovisischer throne ". Another collection is that of Cardinal Hohenems, which includes 15 sculptures of Greek and Roman antiquity. In addition, the collections Mattei, Del Drago and an Egyptian collection can be visited.

Diocletian Bath ( Terme of Diocletian )

The Baths of Diocletian are located in Viale Enrico De Nicola.

This part of the Museo Nazionale Romano is housed in the cloisters and outbuildings of the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli and the Martyrs, which were installed in the Baths of Diocletian. Here are works of art, finds and inscriptions. In front of its church garden tombs were discovered from the time of the Roman Republic and the imperial period during restoration work.

Crypt Balbi

Location

The crypt Balbi, the name follows the region arias of the fourth century, and named after her department Museo Nazionale Romano are located between the present-day streets of Via dei Delfini, Via Caetani and Via delle Botteghe Oscure ( house number 31).

Modern use

The museum is dedicated to the urban development of Rome. The archaeological finds of the area offer the possibility to reconstruct life in Rome of the early imperial period to modern times.

Antiquity

Excavations laid the remains of the portico free with portico and the exedra built by Lucius Cornelius Balbus Minor Theatre complex, commonly referred to as crypt. The crypt joined directly east to the theater and ran around a rectangular courtyard in the center of which was a building over its useful nothing more is known today. The crypt was used by the visitors of the theater for a break during the performances, which ran frequently days.

The theater was built on the Champ de Mars, where one of three theaters when it was inaugurated in the year 13 BC. In the immediate vicinity of the theater, several temples and later the portico were Minucia. Among the temples was the Temple of Vulcan, and this inscription finds evidence that were located around the theater forge. The portico Minucia that connected to the Theatre with its crypt in the north, served as the output location for grain rations to Roman citizens.

Construction of the theater and the crypt was the year 19 BC For the construction of the theater tuff and travertine blocks were used, and to build the semi-circular auditorium, concrete, which was poured in opus reticulatum. The crypt joined behind the theater and had also been built with travertine and tuff and partly brick plant. The crypt joined directly to the stage building of the theater, and was built around a square courtyard in the middle stood a building which is occupied only about the Forma Urbis Romae. The eastern side of the crypt opened into a semicircular exedra. In the time of Emperor Titus the crypt Balbi was damaged by a fire and repair work was then held under Emperor Domitian.