Here’s a YouTube video of Rome’s mayor showing off the restored mausoleum.ĭomitian’s Palace on Palatine Hill 13. The renovated monument opened to the public in March 2021 with a 3D experience, much like Domus Aurea.Ĭlick here to book a skip the line ticket. 50% of the structure is long gone - pillaged and destroyed. Though it was in ruinous condition, a 6.5 million euro restoration began in 2016 and was only recently finished in 2022. Not much has survived from its former grandeur and it’s original appearance is unknown. The mausoleum was a burial place for Augustus, his wife Livia, and the other Julio-Claudian emperors.
It was inspired by the mausoleum of Alexander the Great in Egypt.
His mausoleum was built around 28 BC after the Battle of Actium. As mentioned above, Augustus ruled between 63 BC and 14 AD and was the great nephew and heir of Julius Caesar. Augustus’ Mausoleum: Family Tomb of Julio-Claudian DynastyĪugustus’ Mausoleum is the family tomb of Rome’s first emperor. If you look at the photo, you’ll see luxury apartments lining the top.Īugustus’ Mausoleum 8. Today, the Theater of Marcellus is a building that’s half private and half public. In the summer, there are sometimes concerts outside. Thereafter, it was used as a stone quarry and repurposed, like so much else, for other buildings in Rome. In the 4th century BC, the theater started to crumble. Unfortunately, you can only admire the exterior and walk along the amphitheater edge. As you walk around it, you’ll see both Doric and Ionic columns. Julius Caesar launched construction and his heir Augustus inaugurated it in 12 BC. The Theater of Marcellus is truly ancient. The monument isn’t far from the gigantic white Monument of Victor Emanuel. But I walked past it everyday on the way home to my Air Bnb in Trastevere on my last visit. Located in the Jewish Ghetto neighborhood of Rome, the Theater of Marcellus is easily overlooked by most tourists. At the top is the oculus, or eye, which is the Pantheon’s only source of natural light. The coffered ceiling also reduced the weight without compromising the dome’s structural integrity. The concrete gets increasingly thinner as the height of the dome increased. The dome is made of lightweight concrete, a Roman invention. Peter’s Basilica and for Brunelleschi’s dome for Florence Cathedral. The dome became the model for Michelangelo’s dome for St. At the time, it was a major architectural breakthrough. The Pantheon’s most emblematic feature is its perfect unsupported spherical dome. It was considered a masterpiece of engineering and mathematical precision. It has 40 foot tall Corinthian granite columns from Egypt, a pediment, and portico. view of Pantheon dome statue in the Pantheon The well traveled emperor, a true Grecophile, reimagined it as an oversized Greek temple. In 120 AD, the Pantheon was rebuilt by Hadrian. The pediment still proclaims that “Marcus Agrippa, three times consul made this.” But Agrippa’s version was destroyed by fire. It was originally built by Augustus’ right hand man, Marcus Agrippa in 27 BC. The Pantheon was a temple dedicated to all of the gods. You’d don’t have to wrinkle your brow or struggle to conceptualize anything, as with many ruins. Without a doubt, the Pantheon is the best preserved building from ancient Rome. The Pantheon and the Fountain of the Pantheon with an Egyptian obelisk 3. Click here to book the virtual reality experience. Thanks to YouTube, you can also take a virtual tourof the ruins of Domus Aurea, still an excavation in progress, and see how it would’ve looked looked almost 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome.Ĭlick here to book a guided tour of Domus Aurea. The crown jewel is the Octagonal Room, which represented a revolution in architectural style and technique. Now, you can visit (with a hard hat) on the weekends. In the 18th century, proper excavation of the Golden House began. Artists like Michelangelo and Raphael flocked to see the ancient frescos. To his surprise, he found himself surrounded by paintings.Īt first, the palace ruins were thought to be caves or grottos. But the vivid frescos by the artist Famulus couldn’t be pried off the walls.Īt the end of the 15th century, the Domus Aurea was discovered by accident when a young man fell into a crevice. For a decade after his death, the palace was looted, destroyed, and filled in with brick.
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