Rome’s ARA PACIS
Posted on 23 February 2010
Rome: the “Ara Pacis”
Rome is rich of monuments and today we would like to talk about Ara Pacis which has just come back to receive visits after a total refurbishment and the construction of a museum which is now hosting it.
In the marvellous and suggestive “lungotevere” stands a very symbolic monument for Imperial Rome’s History: Ara Pacis Augustea. This site which has been recently totally refurbished is now available for visitors who want to admire it in its perfect conditions thanks to a reconstruction elaborated with historical testimonials. Ara Pacis was first built in 9 a.c. to glorify Peace Age under Augustus – Pax Augustea. This site rises in a very meaningful place as it is at exactly 1 mile far from Pomerium, which is where the ancient consuls coming back from their wars were going to lose their military powers given from the state of emergency and take their civil powers back again. This unique cubic construction, this real altar, has an elevate symbolic meaning which is magnified by the decoration that are composing it. Between the Corinthian columns Ara Pacis offers to the tourist decoration representing, just to give you an example, the “Sacrificio di Enea ai Penati” and the splendid “Personalizzazione di Roma”. The museum built around Ara Pacis during the reconstruction offers to the tourists the visit to the monument and also it guides to the history of this monument and its meaning, all accompained by events and exhibitions connected to the history and the symbol of Ara Pacis. The museum is where Ara Pacis rises, on the Lungotevere at the corner with Via Tomacelli and is open to tourists everyday (excluding mondays) from 09:00 am, to 07:00 pm. We suggest you to visit the museum’s website as it is always updated on all the information regarding events or exhibitions.
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