My Magic Rome

13/07/2018

MY MAGIC ROME

13/09/2017

DON'T MISS OUR EXCLUSIVE ITALIAN FOOD AND WINE TOUR !

WINE TOUR For about two hours, from 5 to 7pm Monday to Friday, at Via Santi Quattro 99, in a unique underground room with a centuries-old brick vaulted ceiling, the perfect atmosphere to drink, eat, and compare notes on the … (read more)

04/09/2017

Forum of Caesar - amazing experience !

04/09/2017

FORUM OF AUGUSTUS

While spacing on various aspects of the Roman world, the story is still anchored to the site of Augustus, creatively using the remains of the Forum to try to let the stones “speak” for themselves. Besides the faithful reconstruction of the area, with special effects of all kinds, the story focuses on the figure of Augustus, whose giant statue, over 12 meters high, dominated the area next to the temple.
A new period of Roman history started under Augustus: as a matter of fact the imperial age was one of great achievement, within a century Rome ruled over an empire which extended from current England to the borders of the modern Iraq, including most of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. These achievements led to the expansion not only of the empire, but also of culture, technologies, legal rules, art. Traces of that past are still visible in all parts of the Empire, with amphitheaters, baths, libraries, temples, roads.
Besides, after Augustus many other emperors left their mark in the Imperial Fora building their own Forum.
Rome at that time had more than one million inhabitants: no city in the world had ever had a population of those proportions; only London in the XIX century reached that size. It was the great metropolis of antiquity: the capital of economics, law, power and entertainment.

Viaggi nell’antica Roma 2 storie e 2 percorsi da Aprile a Novembre 2017 Info 060608 - http://www.viaggionefori.it

04/09/2017

FORUM OF CAESAR

The story narrated by Piero Angela, accompanied by reconstructions and videos, starts from the history of the excavations made for the construction of Via dei Fori Imperiali, when an “army” of 1,500 construction workers were mobilized in an unprecedented work: razing to the ground an entire neighborhood and digging out the area until the level of ancient Rome was reached.

Thus the story starts from the remains of the majestic Temple of Venus, built by Julius Caesar after his victory over Pompey, to lead the spectators into the excitement of the daily life in Ancient Rome, when officials, plebeians, militaries, matrons, consuls and senators strolled under the arches of the Forum. Ancient taberne reapper among these colonnades, they were used as offices and shops of the Forum and, among these, of particular interest is the shop of a nummulario, a sort of currency exchange point of the timeThere was also a large public toilet of which there are curious remains.

The visit seeks to evoke the role of the Forum in the life of the Romans but also the figure of Julius Caesar. To accomplish this great work, Caesar had to expropriate and demolish an entire neighborhood, at the total cost of 100 million gold coins, the equivalent of at least 300 million euros. Caesar also wanted that the new headquarters of the Roman Senate, the Curia, was built right next to his court. A building that still exists and that, through a virtual reconstruction, you can review as it appeared at that time.

In those years, while the power of Rome grew dramatically, the Senate was very weakened and it was in this situation of internal crisis that Caesar was able to get special and perpetual political power. Through the story narrated by Piero Angela spectators will get to know more about this intelligent and ambitious man, idolized by some, hated and feared by others.

Viaggi nell’antica Roma 2 storie e 2 percorsi da Aprile a Novembre 2017 Info 060608 - http://www.viaggionefori.it video di Luca Gazzotti

01/09/2017

Sunday at the Museum. Free admission for all to state museums on the first Sunday of the month. Every first Sunday of the month, state-owned heritage places (museums, galleries, archaeological sites, monumental parks and gardens) are open with free admission for all visitors.
Before visiting a museum, please check its opening hours by calling the official infoline.
Free admission does not always include entrance to the exhibitions for which regular fees apply.

Sunday, September 03, 2017, open with free admission: - Colosseum and Roman Forum / Palatine- Museo.

01/09/2017

!!! YOU CAN'T MISS IN ROME !!!

13 April – 12 November 2017
Journeys through Ancient Rome
2 stories and 2 routes

Viaggi nell'antica Roma. Foro di Cesare e Foro di Augusto 2 storie e 2 percorsi, una rappresentazione emozionante ed allo stesso tempo ricca di informazioni dal grande rigore storico e scientifico - a cura di Piero Angela e Paco Lanciano

31/08/2017

Venice . Two different views of St.Marco !