THE VITTORIANO

 

The National Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, often incorrectly identified as the Altar of the Fatherland, was constructed by young Italian Parliament, playing the popular sentiment of gratitude to the sovereign who had just died, after unification and freedom of Italy .

The project selected by a competition (the second) reserved only for Italian artists, was that the young architect Giuseppe Sacconi Marches.

The grand equestrian statue of King, 10 long and 12 meters high, was inaugurated on June 4, 1911 in the presence of Vittorio Emanuele III, while work continued even until 1935, when it can be considered definitively closed the building.

On the stairs there is the Altar of the Fatherland, which is only part of the complex, ie the part located just beyond the stairs where you find the guard of honor and the great statue of the goddess Roma.

Inside are the exhibition spaces dedicated to the history of the Victorian home of himself and the Central Museum of the Risorgimento, which in recent years also hosts temporary exhibitions of paintings.

From 1987 to 2000, the Victorian was restored in 2007 and were installed at the glass elevators that lead to the terraces of the chariot, at a height of 62.26 meters, the highest point of all buildings in the center of Rome (the dome of St. Peter is 43 meters high).


Visiting hours:Daily 10.00 - 16.00. Closed on Mondays.
The visit to the Victorian is free and takes on a fixed course.

ARA PACIS MUSEUM

The Ara Pacis is the first work of architecture built in the historic center of Rome since the fall of the Fascist era. The space was designed by Richard Meier & Partners Architects, author of some of the most important museums of the second half of the twentieth century.The Ara Pacis is one of the finest examples of classical art. Its construction was passed by the Senate in 13 BC to honor the return of Augustus from the provinces of Gaul and Spain, where over three years the Emperor had consolidated the power of Rome and its staff, a trailblazer, founded colonies. The altar was built along the Via Flaminia, the northern boundary of the Campus Martius, but the nature of the flood and the flood of the Tiber, by depositing layers of silt over the area, soon led to the burial Altar, of which memory is completely lost. The reconstruction of the monument was decided in view of the anniversary, in 1937/8, the two thousandth anniversary of the birth of Augustus.Entrusted archaeologist Giuseppe Moretti, it was physically realized in the summer of 1938 in Hall of Ripetta, built in haste from a project architect Ballio Morpurgo.Settled along the Tiber, the Ara Pacis risked being compromised by the inadequacy of its container, which could not be isolated from traffic, exhaust, overheating, moisture rising from the dust and then fatty acid that is deposited and on its marbles and the plaster.The new museum complex has therefore been designed in view of conservation of the monument, both from the environmental point of view both in the earthquake-proof system.

Address:
Lungotevere in Augusta
Area:
Rione Campo Marzio

Tuesday - Sunday hours 9.00-19.00December 24 and 31 9:00 to 14:00 hoursClosed Monday, December 25th, January 1st, May 1st

The ticket office closes one hour beforeInput Mode

Full price € 7.50
Reduced € 5.50

more info: http://www.arapacis.it/