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Roman Domus under the Giovanni Barracco Museum

Casa romana del Museo Barracco, Roma. Photo Francesco Giordano
Casa romana del Museo Barracco, Roma. Photo Francesco Giordano
Casa romana del Museo Barracco, Roma. Photo Francesco Giordano
Casa romana del Museo Barracco, Roma. Photo Francesco Giordano
Casa romana del Museo Barracco, Roma. Photo Francesco Giordano
Casa romana del Museo Barracco, Roma. Photo Francesco Giordano
Casa romana del Museo Barracco, Roma. Photo Francesco Giordano

Discovered 4 meters below current street level, under the basement of the small but precious Barracco Museum, the archeological remains of the so-called Roman Domus were found fortuitously in 1899 during the partial demolition of the Renaissance building that eventually became the museum’s seat, made necessary to allow the opening of the new road axis of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.

The structures and archaeological remains preserved include a large portion of a portico with columns, paving in precious marble, numerous furnishing elements referable to fountains or basins and an extraordinary “mensa ponderaria”, that is a public weights and measures table used to check the accuracy of the measures of the merchants. The walls were decorated with frescoes, with aquatic subjects and landscapes, that were removed during the seventies and are at present kept at the museum. The building certainly underwent changes and renovations over time, with the reuse of recycled materials as it was customary since the late imperial era. Many of the elements we observe are thus from the Augustan and Julio-Claudian age, while most of the structures date back to the 4th century AD, the last documented life phase of the site.

The identification and destination of the complex are still controversial even though it was almost certainly a public building with a rich architecture, transformed at a later date in a private residence. According to one hypothesis, it may have hosted some of the rooms of the Stabula quattuor factionum, that is, the headquarters of the famous four four equestrian factions competing in the Circus.

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Special opening of the Roman House until the end of May 2024 (unless extended).
Every Saturday + Sunday March 31, Monday April 1, and Thursday April 25.
Appointments every 20 minutes from 10:00 (first appointment) to 15:20 (last appointment). 

Admission for groups (max. 15+1 guide) is permitted only with compulsory reservation at 060608 daily from 9.00 to 19.00

Entrance only with required reservation, for groups at 060608 every day from 9.00 to 19.00.
Reservations are recommended for individual visitors.
In case of adverse weather conditions, it will not be possible to enter the site in the basement for safety reasons

The Casa Romana is not accessible to the motor disabled.
Guided visually disabled or visually impaired people can use all the li-fi stations, both on the ground floor, where there are two steps, and in the basement and on the upper floor, although they have to negotiate flights of stairs downhill (for the basement) and uphill for the first floor points. Enjoyment is ensured through the use of audio tracks created from the textual content.

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Telephone: 
060608
Web site: 
www.sovraintendenzaroma.it/i_luoghi/roma_antica/monumenti/casa_romana_sotto_il_museo_barracco
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Roman Domus under the Giovanni Barracco Museum, Via dei Baullari, 1
Via dei Baullari, 1
41° 53' 48.1164" N, 12° 28' 22.5048" E

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