Palatino e Museo Palatino

According to ancient tradition, it was on this hill that the first settlement of Rome was made by Romulus in the middle of the eighth century B.C. Excavations have revealed huts and tombs from the Iron Age and, recently, an ancient fortification. The Palatino was also the centre for some important cults as, for example, that of Magna Mater (Cibele). Between the second and first centuries B.C. it became a residential quarter for the Roman aristocracy. In this period the House of Grifi, famous for its pictures, was built. The Emperor Augustus made the Palatino his official power- centre and initiated a building programme which saw the construction of imperial palaces, and various restructuring and enlargement of existing buildings built by pervious emperors. The museum is located in Caesar's Palace where, among the monuments collected from the hill site, various artefacts of Iron Age tombs and works of art from imperial buildings are exhibited. The most stunning of these works of art are the decorative pictures in the lecture room of Isiaca.

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Contact Information

Palatino e Museo Palatino
Piazza Santa Maria Nova 53 e Via di San Gregorio 30
00186 Roma

Tel. +39639967700

http://www.pierreci.it