ArchaeoWalks » Pantheon https://www.archaeowalks.com Archaeological Walks in Rome © Flavia Vittucci 2012-2024 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:23:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.37 AUGUSTUS AND THE CAMPUS MARTIUS https://www.archaeowalks.com/archaeowalks/augustus-and-the-campus-martius/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed https://www.archaeowalks.com/archaeowalks/augustus-and-the-campus-martius/#comments Sun, 05 Jan 2014 10:57:50 +0000 https://www.archaeowalks.com/?page_id=1012 This walk is focused on emperor Octavian Augustus (63 BC-14AD) and his impact on the area of Rome called Campus Martius. We will see a highly symbolic complex of monuments, that were all connected and all made to build consensus around the first emperor.

We start from Ara Pacis, the most celebrated altar dedicated by Octavian Augustus in 9 B.C., now housed in a modern museum designed by architect Richard Meier.

Right next is the Mausoleum of Augustus, which is now open to the public.

We continue on through the heart of  Campus Martius to reach the front of the House of Deputies to see the obelisk, which used to be the gnomon of an impressive sundial made under Augustus, the Horologium Augusti.

End the walk at the Pantheon, the most incredible building of all times.  Its first version was built under Augustus as part of the complex.

Duration: 3 hours

Entrance tickets to Ara Pacis: 13 euro; 11 euro age 6- 25; free under 6; more if there are temporary exhibitions. Entrance tickets to Mausoleum: 6 euro; 5 euro age 6-25, reservation needed.

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]]> https://www.archaeowalks.com/archaeowalks/augustus-and-the-campus-martius/feed/ 0 AN ORIENTATION TO THE HEART OF ROME https://www.archaeowalks.com/archaeowalks/heart-of-rome/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed https://www.archaeowalks.com/archaeowalks/heart-of-rome/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:12:42 +0000 https://www.archaeowalks.com/?page_id=463 This is an orientation to the city. See the the most touristy area in Rome through the eyes of an archaeologist.

We start from the most renowned Piazza di Spagna.

A few steps away is a collection of ancient Roman marble pieces still displayed in the secret private courtyard of Palazzo Gomez.

Shopping streets will take us to the Column of Marcus Aurelius, in the middle of piazza Colonna, the political heart of Italy.

In front of the House of Deputies is an obelisk, which used to be in the center of an impressive sundial, the Horologium Augusti.

The Temple of Hadrian is now the façade of  modern Palazzo della Borsa.

Going by Baroque piazza Sant’Ignazio we reach via del Pie’ di Marmo, where only a  big marble foot remains of a gigantic statue of Isis.

And we get to His Majesty the Pantheon, that marveled visitors through the centuries.

Here we may try the best coffee in town, before we walk by ancient columns and fountains to reach Pasquino, an ancient Roman statue that will tell us the latest news.

Continue on to piazza Navona, still shaped as the stadium for track and field it used to be. Here we can go under modern buildings to discover the ancient ruins of the Stadium of Domitian.

Duration: 3 hours; 3.5 hours if we visit the Stadium of Domitian inside.

Great late afternoon.

Entrance tickets to Pantheon: 5 euro; 2 euro age 18-25; free under 18. Buy tickets here.

Entrance tickets to Stadium of Domitian: 9 euro; 7 euro age 12-17; 5 euro age 8-11; free under 8; special deal for small groups with qualified guide.

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