Friday, April 22, 2011

National Museum of Rome

The National Museum of Rome, which has one of the world's most important archaeological collections, is housed in three facilities: the Baths of Diocletian, who completed the octagonal hall, is include Palazzo Massimo and Palazzo Altemps.The complex restructuring and renovation effort partially , but the work is still ongoing. For this reason, only a portion of the museum exhibitions are being visited.

The historical site of the Museum is the Baths complex by Diocletian between the last years of the third century AD, built (the dedicatory inscription dated 306 AD in a fragmentary state preserved in the museum).
The building of the baths, the largest in the ancient world, including many areas in addition to the traditional Calidarium, tepidarium and Frigidarium-which were designed to hold 3,000 people at the same time. It was a natatio or Frigidarium for float (large pool) and various other rooms, conference rooms, libraries, nympheum, dressing rooms, concert and rooms for physical exercises, etc.

Baths of Diocletian









source:http://www.roma2000.it/zmunaro.html

0 yorum:

Post a Comment

 
Museums World Copyright © 2011 Blogger Template Designed by Bie Blogger Template