Curia Iulia
Typology:
Church closed for worship
Address
Address:
Foro Romano
Zone:
Rione Campitelli (Foro Romano- Campidoglio-P.Venezia) (Roma centro)
Contacts
Telephone:
06 39967700 Coopculture (tutti i giorni dalle 10.00 alle 15.00)
Web site:
https://parcocolosseo.it/super
Opening times
1-26 March and 1-29 October > Saturday, Sunday and Monday 9.30-16.30 (last admission at 16.15)
27 March - 30 September > Saturday, Sunday and Monday 9.30-18.15 (last admission at 18)
30 October - 28 February > Saturday, Sunday and Monday 9.30-15.30 (last admission at 15.15)
Description
In 630 Onorio I ordered the transformation of the "Curia Iulia" into a church, nonetheless maintaining its original role of aula for the Senate’s meetings. In 1213 the bodies of the martyrs Nereo and Achilleo were taken here to underline the importance acquired by the church. A first radical restoration was ordered by Gregorio IX in1228, while in the mid C. XVII it was rebuilt by Martino Longhi. The actual aspect is especially due to the works from the first half of C. XX. The tympanum-based façade embodies three windows above the entry portal. The regularly spread holes one can notice probably witness the previous existence of a porch. The hollow next to the door date back to the Middle Ages and were used as burial places.
The building owes its name to the assemblies of the "curiates", the citizens selected on the basis of the census, which took place at the Comizio; it was here that the first curia of Rome opened, the Curia Hostilia, built according to legend by Tullus Hostilius, third king of Rome in the 6th century BC.
Within
Culture and leisure › Cultural heritage › Archaeological heritage
See also
Culture and leisure › Cultural heritage › Archaeological heritage
Last checked:
2023-03-15 15:12