Built between 1883 and 1887 to a design by the architect Camillo Pistrucci in a restrained Neo-Renaissance style, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme began life as a Jesuit college and kept that purpose until 1960. In 1981 it was acquired by the Italian State and became one of the seats of the National Roman Museum.
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Museum of Roman Civilisation (RO)
The Museum of Roman Civilisation has a distinctive character within the vast and varied landscape of Rome’s museums. Indeed, the material it holds consists mostly of reproductions.
Trajan’s Column and Markets (RO)
The name “Imperial Fora” refers to the five monumental complexes commissioned by the emperors and built in topographical continuity with the Roman Forum of the regal and
republican period, replacing it in its religious, political and administrative role.
Capitoline Museums (RO)
The Capitoline Museums are housed in two buildings facing each other: the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo, or Palazzo del Museo.
Arsago Seprio Museum (VA)
The Arsago Seprio Museum gathers in its three rooms the archaeological finds from the excavations carried out by the Archaeological Superintendency over the last thirty years. They make it possible to follow the settlement of Arsago and its territory from prehistory up to the Visconti. Continue reading Arsago Seprio Museum (VA)
Brixia. Rome and the peoples of the Po (BS)
The exhibition Roma e le genti del Po. Un incontro di culture III-I sec. a.C. is an important opportunity to reflect on the cultural climate of a special historical moment, from the 3rd to the 1st century BC, during which Cisalpine Gaul underwent a profound change through encounters, clashes and integration between peoples of different origins and cultures. The Brescia exhibition sets out to tell the story of the encounter between Rome and the local populations, with the aim of describing a reality that was not just a clash, but had many facets. Continue reading Brixia. Rome and the peoples of the Po (BS)