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 Palazzo Altemps - Galate
committing suicide. by breughel,
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The Museo Nationale Romano Altemps is located about 100 m north of the Piazza Navona.
The most famous part of the collection was given by the family Boncompagni Ludovisi.
The sculptures belong to the Hellenistic, Roman republican and imperial periods as well as from the baroque periods.
The amateurs of antique sculptures will be interested by the explanations (Italian and English) about the restoration work on these sculptures which most often reached us in pieces and were also often Roman copies of Greek sculptures.
This museum shows also Egyptian statues as the cult of Isis was practised in Roma.
The most striking statue is that of the Galate committing suicide with his sword after having killed his wife to avoid her falling in hands of the enemy.
There is also a beautiful statue of the Aphrodite (Venus) of the temple on the Greek island Cnidos. The original, work of Praxiteles, of this nude figure seeking to cover herself was very popular in the Greek and Roman world. Many copies exist of the original.
A very famous Roman sarcophagus with Battle Scene modelled from a single block of marble is shown in this museum. All details of Roman weapons and uniforms are very well preserved.
When visiting the Piazza Navona it is worthwhile to visit (1 hour) this museum. As the ticket is combined with the Museum of Palazzo Massimo (near Termini station) it is good choice if you are an amateur of Greek and Roman art.
Open 9 - 19.45 h. Closed on Monday.
Price. Combined ticket for Palazzo Massimo, Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi, Terme di Diocleziano, valid during 3 days: 7 €, reduced 3,50 €, free for EU citizens less than 18 or more than 65 years old.
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There are in the Museum Palazzo Massimo alle Terme two large bronze statues, among the most beautiful of the antiquity.
The "Pugilatore" resting pugilist or "boxer" is the ancient, most extraordinary, most attractive statue I saw these ten last years.
I turned and turned around the resting boxer who expresses in such realistic way the tiredness and the suffering of the fight. The wounds of his face are distinctively shown on the bronze. I noted the protection of hands and forearms by leather gloves made of straps binding the four fingers and leaving the thumb free. They are of a clearer colour because they had been rubbed in the past by people who considered this statue as a good-luck charm "portafortuna".
Don't try that now; there is an alarm system on the statue.
Some steps further stands another remarkable bronze statue “the Hellenistic Prince" (pic.4). This is maybe king Attalus II of Pergamon or could also be a Roman wishing to be presented as a Greek prince.
The two statues of the Hellenistic period (2nd c. before J.C.) were found in 1885 at the Terme of Constantine. The boxer was well preserved because buried in fine sand. An old photograph shows the statue being digged out (pic.3). It is told that the assistants were struck when this somewhat frightening athlete appeared after a rest of almost thousand years.
These two bronzes are an assemblage of different parts produced by the lost wax technique, fused separately and subsequently welded together.
Don’t leave Rome without having seen these statues.
Open 9 - 19.45 h, closed on Monday.
Price: Combined ticket for Palazzo Massimo, Terme di Diocleziano, Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi, valid during 3 days: 7 €, reduced 3,50 €, free for EU citizens less than 18 or more than 65 years old.
Supplement for the temporary exhibit: 3 € Address: Largo di Villa Peretti 1Directions: Between piazza della Repubblica and Termini bus terminal.
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This palace close to the Diocletian's Baths was built in 1887 for Cardinal/Prince Massimiliano Massimo and housed a college run by the Jesuits. It was bought by the Italian Government and transformed in a museum which opened in 1998 as the seat of the Museo Nationale Romano, which formerly was headquartered in the nearby Baths of Diocletian.
The PALAZZO MASSIMO ALLE TERME is the most important of the 4 sites among which are split the various buildings who constitute the Museo Nazionale Romano.
It is also the best and I really do recommend the visit to all who have some taste for antics. It is very comfortable museum with no lines, at least when I was there in December.
Palazzo Massimo holds Ancient Roman art (sculpture, frescos and mosaics) distributed over three floors. This collection contains celebrated examples of Roman art dating from the Republic to the late Empire, as well as several original Greek works discovered during excavations in the Gardens of Sallust. Very famous are the bronze statues of the "Boxer" (pic. 1) and the "Prince" and the statue (pic. 2) of Emperor August Pontifex (in all schoolbooks when I was a kid). I will come back on some of the highlights of this museum.
Impressive is the head of Socrate (pic. 3) found during the construction of the Victor Emmanuel II monument.
In the basement are the numismatic and jewellery collections (pic.4). The numismatic collection is rated as the best Roman coin collection in the world.
Open 9 - 19.45 h, closed on Monday.
Price: Combined ticket for Palazzo Massimo, Terme di Diocleziano, Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi, valid during 3 days: 7 €, reduced 3,50 €, free for EU citizens less than 18 or more than 65 years old.
Supplement for the temporary exhibit: 3 € Address: Largo di Villa Peretti 1Directions: Between piazza della Repubblica and Termini bus terminal.
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 Palazzo Massimo -
Aphrodite by Menophantos by breughel,
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It is thanks to this copying of Greek art that we have nowadays excellent copies of great art works of which the originals have disappeared.
The Palazzo Massimo has on show a number of ancient (2 c. B.C - 2 c. A.D) replicas of celebrated original Greek statues. Well known are the Aphrodite of Menophantos who declared it was a replica of the "Cnidian Aphrodite" from the sculptor Praxiteles. Famous are also the "Discobolos" a copy of the one of Mirone and the "Sleeping Hermaphrodite".
Open 9 - 19.45 h, closed on Monday.
Price: Combined ticket for Palazzo Massimo, Terme di Diocleziano, Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi, valid during 3 days: 7 €, reduced 3,50 €, free for EU citizens less than 18 or more than 65 years old.
Supplement for the temporary exhibit: 3 € Address: Largo di Villa Peretti 1Directions: Between piazza della Repubblica and Termini bus terminal.
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If you like mosaics and have time - there is so much to see in Rome - go to the second floor of the museum where is on display an impressive collection of mosaics, frescoes and stucco from ancient villas in and around Rome.
Interesting is the evolution from the mosaic pavements from the mostly monochrome and simple geometric motifs during the Republic period to the figurative polychrome scenes of the late Antique period.
Mosaic decoration was not reserved for pavements but was used for walls and vaults in rooms, fountains, nymphaea and grottoes. Remarkable is the mosaic decoration, representing Hercules, of the so-called "nymphaeum" of Anzio, an ornamental fountain of a villa on the coast.
As what concerns frescoes there are complete examples found in villas of the ancient Rome.
There is until 30/03/2008 a special exhibition "Rosso Pompeiano" with a large survey of the golden age of Roman paintings. There are about a hundred panels of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. They were detached from the walls of the buildings of the Vesuvian towns, a.o. Pompei.
The characteristic colour "Pompeian red" is typical of the ancient painting. It consists of cinnabar (mercury sulphide). Originally it was used with parsimony, later, under the Roman Empire, entire walls were painted with it to show richness.
Open 9 - 19.45 h, closed on Monday.
Price: Combined ticket for Palazzo Massimo, Terme di Diocleziano, Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi, valid during 3 days: 7 €, reduced 3,50 €, free for EU citizens less than 18 or more than 65 years old.
Supplement for the temporary exhibit: 3 € Address: Largo di Villa Peretti 1Directions: Between piazza della Repubblica and Termini bus terminal.
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The entrance to the museum of the Baths of Diocletian (Museo Nazionale Romano delle Terme di Diocleziano) is reached by the garden on the right side of the building.
The museum has 3 departments:
1° The Protohistory of the Latin people during the Bronze and Iron ages (12 - 6th c. BC) showing findings of several tombs of these periods. Spectacular are the arms of a Roman officer found in the "Tomb of the warrior of Lanuvium" as well as vessels and other objects from the necropolis of Fidene and Castiglione.
2° The Epigraphy or the study of inscriptions showing the birth and diffusion of the Latin language.
3° The Michaelangelo Cloister with sculptures and sarcophagi.
This museum, by its specific collections, is especially interesting for historians. Tourists will be more pleased to visit the museum of the Palazzo Massimo, just on the other side of the Piazza Cinquecento.
Open 9 - 19.45 h, closed on Monday.
Price: Combined ticket for Terme di Diocleziano, Palazzo Massimo, Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi, valid during 3 days: 7 €, reduced 3,50 €, free for EU citizens less than 18 or more than 65 years old. Address: Via Enrico de Nicola 79Directions: Between Termini station and piazza della Repubblica
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 One of dozens of mosaics by Lacristina
With most people heading off to the Vatican museums or the Borghese, this museum doesn't get seen often enough. It is one of several sites of the National Museum of Rome. It is filled with great sculpture (like the famous "Discuss Thower") but it's main claim to fame is its fabulous collection of mosaics and frescos, taken from villas in and around Rome. There are several entire rooms which have been preserved with all the original frescos, so you can step into and see exactly what the rooms looked like 2000 years ago. The mosaics collection is incredible.
When you buy your ticket, ask for a reservation for the next tour of the mosaics and frescos (it's included in the price of the ticket). You aren't allowed to visit them by yourself. An English speaking guide gives the tour in both English and Italian. Your ticket will show the time of your tour.
UPDATE March 2006: No tour. You get to see the frescos and mosaics on your own, whenever you like, for as long as you like.
The mosaics and frescoes are found on the top floor (this is the "second" floor in Italy, while Americans would call it the "third" floor. In the US, the ground floor is called the first floor, but in Italy, it is called "piantereno." The first floor above ground is called the first floor or "primo piano," and so on.)
There is a very nice gift shop. Leave a Comment Address: Largo di Villa Peretti, 1Phone: 39-06-481-4144Directions: Near the train station (Roma Termini). Find Via Viminale, and follow it toward the Piazza Cinquecentro, and you find the Palazzo Massimo. Not far from the Diocletian Baths.Website: http://www.museionline.com/eng/cerca/default.htm
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 Courtyard Palazzo
Altemps, Roma,
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After the Italian government confiscated their property in 1901 to make way for the Via Veneto, the Ludovisi princes sold off their collection that had been amassed over hundreds of years. The Italian State bought only 96 of the 460 pieces; the balance was dispersed to museums, galleries and private collections. The Altemps collection remained with the family until the late 19th century when it met with a fate similar to the Ludovisi collection. Those in the courtyard’s portico arches (see photo #1) are a fraction of the Altemps Collection.
Although there are many versions of Hercules here, without a doubt the “Lenbach Hercules” is the standout (see photos #2 & #3). The dramatic “Galatian Suicide,” one of three marble groupings found in the 17th century during the construction of the Villa Ludovisi on land that had been part of the estate of Julius Caesar, is superb. An added treat is the palazzo’s sumptuously decorated chapel; it is dedicated to the martyred St. Anacletus, an early pope, and to the Our Lady of Clemency. Our Saint’s remains are in the sarcophagus under the altar. This was a deviation from the practice of burying popes in St. Peter's crypt or at another important Roman church.
The palazzo was begun prior to 1477 by Girolamo Riario, nephew of Pope Sixtus IV and Lord of Imola and Forlì; Francesco Cardinal Soderini continued building from 1511 to 1523. In 1568 Marco Sittico Cardinal Altemps, a Medici through his mother, Chiara Medici, bought the palace to serve as a showplace for his books and sculpture. The cardinal’s father was Wolfgang Dietrich von Hohenems a member of a centuries-old noble Germanic family and a commander in Emperor Charles V’s army. “Alt emps” is the Italian version of the German “Hohen Ems,” meaning the upper River Ems. Leave a Comment Address: Piazza San Apollinare 48Phone: 06-39967700Directions: Near the Piazza Navona; Take bus Bus 30Exp, 40Exp, 46, 70, 81, 87, 116, 492, or 628.
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This wing of the National Museum is housed in the ruins of Diocletian's Baths built in 306 AD. It has a large collection of Roman sculpture. Leave a Comment
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Built in 1480 for a nephew of Pope Sixtus IV, Palazzo Altemps is now a museum housing a small, but astonishing collection of classical sculptures. The museum is a branch of the Museo Nazionale Romano whose main collection is at Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. Palazzo Altemps itself is of exquisite beauty with stunning frescoes painted on the walls and ceilings (see attached photos). The small museum is worth a visit, especially for those who do not have the appetite, patience or time for large museums.
Note: a ticket to Palazzo Altemps or any branch of the Museo Nazionale Romano allows access into any of the museum's other branches. Address: Piazza Sant'Apollinare 46 - Centro StoricoDirections: North of Piazza Navona
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