Typology:
Church closed for worship
Address
Address:
Via della Salara Vecchia, 5/6
Zone:
Rione Campitelli (Foro Romano- Campidoglio-P.Venezia) (Roma centro)
All'interno del Foro Romano
Contacts
Telephone:
06 39967700 Coopculture (tutti i giorni dalle 10.00 alle 15.00)
Web site:
https://parcocolosseo.it/s-u-p-e-r/
Opening times
1-26 March and 1-29 October > 9.30-16.45 (last admission at 16.15)
27 March - 30 September> 9.30-18.30 (last admission at 18)
30 October - 28 February > 9.30-15.45 (last admission at 15.15)
Information
The Oratory of the Forty Martyrs is part of the Super Sites
Description
The oratory wells up within the Forum in the corner comprised between Vesta’s temple and the Dioscuri’s temple in the area defined Lacus Iuturnae (C.IIBC). This area’s buildings were then turned into Christian places of worship as of C. VI. The oratory’s name is probably due to the voluntary sacrifice by forty soldiers that refused to honor a pagan cult and were thus executed in the early C. IV. The building was discovered in 1901 and probably dates back to C.II.
Within
Culture and leisure › Cultural heritage › Archaeological heritage
See also
Culture and leisure › Cultural heritage › Archaeological heritage
Last checked:
2023-03-15 15:20
