Typology:
Monuments
Address
Address:
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 52
Zone:
Rione Celio (Terme di Caracalla) (Roma centro)
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Contacts
Telephone:
Info e prenotazioni +39 06 39967700 (lun-ven 9-18; sab 9-14)
Telephone:
scuole: +39 06 39967200 (lun-ven 9-18; sab 9-14)
Online purchase:
www.coopculture.it/ticket_office.cfm
Opening times
January 2 - February 15: 9.00 am - 4.30 pm;
February 16 - March 15: 9.00 am - 5.00 pm;
March 16 - last Saturday of March: 9.00 am - 5.30 pm;
Last Sunday of March - August 31: 9.00 am - 7.15 pm;
September 1-30: 9.00 am - 7.00 pm;
October 1 - Last Saturday of October: 9.00 am - 6.30 pm
Last Sunday of October - December 31: 9.00 am - 4.30 pm
Mondays: 9.00 am - 2.00 pm
Last admission 1 hour before closing time.
Underground tunnels are closed on Monday
Closed January 1, May 1, December 25
Information
Audioguide:
€4.00
Full:
€7.00
Reduced:
€4.00
Concessions:
- UE members between 18 and 25 years old
- European Union state teachers
Free admission
- European and non- European citizens under 18
- European citizens over 65 subsequent amendments through ministerial letters.
- tour guides from the European Union practising their professional activity
- tour interpreters from the European Union practising their professional activity
- employees of the Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and Activities
- members of ICOM (International Council of Museums)
- members of ICCROM (International organization for conservation of cultural heritage)
- reserved school groups from European Union schools, accompanied by one teacher every 10 students
- teachers and students of faculties of Architecture, Conservation of the Cultural Heritage, Education Sciences, and degree courses in the Arts, or in literary subjects with a specialisation in archaeology or art history, in Humanities faculties of Universities from the European Union
- students enrolled in these specialisations of faculties of Architecture, Conservation of the Cultural Heritage, Education Sciences, and of degree courses in the Arts, or in literary subjects with a specialisation in archaeology or art history, in Humanities faculties of Universities and doctorate students in the aforementioned disciplines
- Socrates and Erasmus students of the aforementioned disciplines
- teachers and students of Fine Arts Academies from the European Union
- teachers of Art History in Upper Secondary Schools
- students of the following schools: Istituto Centrale del Restauro, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Scuola per il Restauro del Mosaico
- journalists in the italian national register or any other journalist from a foreign country, only for work porpouses and according to a valid document proving the given professionalism
- disabled persons and a companion from the European Union
- members of volunteer work associations of the Cultural Heritage
- holders of "Carta dello studente"
BOOKING FEE:
Individuals: € 2,00
Groups: € 30,00
School Groups: Free. Booking required from February 1 and May 31.
Agreement with
Appia Antica Card, Archaeologia Card, Roma Pass
What the agreement provides:
ROMA PASS: the Museum is included in the Roma Pass.
Appia Antica Card: Terme di Caracalla + Villa dei Quintili + Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella Combined Ticket: Adults: € 6,00 - Concessions: € 3,00 (EU citizens between 18 and 24 years of age).
Roma Archeologia Card: Adults: € 23,00 Concessions: € 13,00 - valid for 7 days, it allows entance to Palazzo Massimo, Palazzo Altemps, Cripta Balbi, Terme di Diocleziano, Colosseo, Foro Romano e Palatino, Terme di Caracalla, Villa dei Quintili, Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella.
Description
Built by Caracalla between 212 and 217 AD, they are still well preserved. The thermal baths, that had a capacity of more than 1500 people, were restored by Aureliano, Diocleziano and Teodorico. They stopped to work after 537 following the siege of Rome on behalf of the leader of the Goths, Vitige who broke the aqueducts in order to stop the supply of water to the city.They present a plant similar to the Thermal Baths of Traiano. On the two sides of the central body there are a series of rooms placed in a specular way, divided by the rooms arranged on the central axis, constituted by the calidarium, the hot water tub, the tepidarium, a basilican room and the big cold water pool (natatio) with which the baths ended. The entrance was close to the pool, then the people went to the dressing room (apodyterium) and then to a big gymnasium that was connected to various rooms with tubs. Then, the calidarium was reached, a large circular room that had a cupola roof ; the big windows let the sun warm the temperature from morning to sunset. In the centre there must have been a circular tub while smaller ones were between the pillars that held the cupola. It was possible to follow the same itinerary up to the hot water tub coming from the opposite side of the building, which was exactly identical.The underground of the thermal baths is very interesting, there are many rooms where all the services were taken care of in order to have everything function perfectly, in one of these rooms a mitreo was installed, the biggest one in Rome. During the excavation, since the XVI century, many works of art were found, like the three famous sculptures "farnesiane" (the bull, the flora, and Hercules) which are now in the National Museum in Naples and the two big granite pool which are now in Piazza Farnese in Rome.
Educational activities
Guided tours for individuals
every Sunday at 3.00 pm
languages: Italian
persons: max 40
duration: 1 hour
price: free admission
Guided tours for groups
hours: on request
languages: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish
persons: max 30
duration: 1 hour
price: € 130,00
booking: required
Audio guide
languages: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Japanese
duration: 50 minutes
price: € 5,00
Info and booking (Credit Cards Only):
- individuals: +39 0639967700 (Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm)
- groups: +39 0639967450 (Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm)
- schools: +39 0639967200 (Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm)
Services
» Guided Visits
» Multilingual guided visits
Agreement with
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See also
Culture and leisure › Cultural heritage › Archaeological heritage
Last checked:
2014-01-20 15:19