Insula dell'Ara Coeli
Typology:
Monuments
Address
Address:
Piazza D'Aracoeli
Zone:
Rione Campitelli (Foro Romano- Campidoglio-P.Venezia) (Roma centro)
Accanto alla scalinata della chiesa dell’Ara Coeli
Contacts
Email:
info@060608.it
Telephone booking:
060608 tutti i giorni ore 9.00-19.00
Opening times
Admission to the monument is allowed to groups and associations, with their own guide, who must make a reservation at 060608 (daily, 9.00 - 19.00).
Maximum 12 people per visit.
For individual visitors, who must also make a reservation at 060608, individual visits are also possible according to a schedule specified on the page >
Monumenti del territorio
Partly visible from the outside, next to the steps of the Ara Coeli.
Information
Regular Tickets:
Adults: € 4,00;
Concessions: € 3,00.
Tickets are paid for in cash on the spot.
MIC card holders are entitled to free admission
On the first Sunday of the month, admission to monuments in the area is free for all.
Please note: The entrance fee does not include the guided tour, which must be organised independently.
Booking
» Obligatory
» Telephonic
Description
Between the Vittoriano and the stairway of the Ara Coeli, you can see the remains of an insula, that is: a rented Roman house, the most common form of housing in Imperial Rome.
The building was saved from demolishing which often occurred in the thirties along the slopes of the Capitolino hill and when the seventh century church of S. Rita (later reconstructed between the Teatro di Marcello and Piazza Campitelli) that had enclosed the Roman house was moved.
The Romanic bell tower emerged again as well as an arcosolium decorated with a third century fresco, still visible today, belonging to the church of S. Biagio de mercato which during the 17th Century was transformed in the church of S. Rita. The building consisted of at least five floors, still existing today.
The tabernae can still be seen on the ground floor. The floor above was used by the person managing the taberna and there were other floors above reached by an internal staircase of the Medieval era. The building, constructed in bricks in the II Century a.d. is located near a network wall probably used for works for developing the Capitolino hill in the I Century a.d.
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Last checked:
2023-03-17 14:49