Located in the beautiful Palazzo Carpegna, enlarged by Francesco Borromini, it houses a collection of contemporary art, the Historical Archives, the Romana Sarti Library and the Gallery, dedicated to painting.

Circo Massimo (Circus Maximus), is the biggest building for shows of all times, it is 600 metres long and 140 metres wide; it is by the legend connected to the origins of the city: in fact during the games in honour of Conso, the rape of the Sabines happened and hence the birth of life in the city. Actually, a first arrangement of Valle Murcia – Murcia was, according to the tradition, the valley’s tutelary deity – it goes back to the age of the Tarquini and it can be connected to the construction of a sewer which permitted the drainage of the whole area and to regularise the ground.

The equipment was probably not enough for this phase, but subsequently, throughout the centuries, there must have been many works in this area and starting with century II BC, also monumental like per the arch of Stertinio erected in 196 BC, the columns with statues, the support with the ova (marbles) in order to easily count the turns.Only Julius Caesar had a real brickwork constructed and its map is kept, at least partially, in the following constructions as witness the many reticulate works in various points during the excavation. Certainly the intervention of Augustus was of great importance: he completed and restored the hippodrome, he decorated it with the obelisk, which is now in piazza del Popolo, and built the pulvinar.

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A place of entertainment and one of the City’s undisputed landmarks, the Circus Maximus comes back to life thanks to an innovative valorisation project using augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR). One of the most relevant monuments in Roman history, the Circus Maximus can for the first time be seen through all its historic phases thanks to a ground-breaking project using interactive display technologies that have never before been used in such an extended outdoor area.

The headsets available give a virtual rendering of the Circus Maximus by overlapping images of the past to the present-day reality to reconstruct its initial magnificence: in particular, the Arch of Titus will appear in its original majestic height.
The CIRCO MAXIMO EXPERIENCE, through continuous flashbacks to the past thanks to reconstructions in augmented and virtual reality, will enable you to see the life of the age-old valley unfold before your eyes, stroll through the Roman shops and watch a chariot race among shouts of encouragement and overturned chariots.

The 40-minute walking itinerary is available in eight languages (Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese).

The eight stops are the following: the valley floor of the Circus in the archaic period, the Circus from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD, the Circus in the imperial period, the seating tiers (cavea), the Arch of Titus, the shops (tabernae), the Circus in the Middle Ages and in modern times and lastly, “A Day at the Circus”. The tour is available with immersive glasses (see-through technology) and stereo audio earphones included in the admission ticket to the “Circo Maximo Experience”.

The visit is also available for deaf people thanks to simplified subtitles in Italian or English.

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Access to Super sites will remain restricted to a maximum number of visitors per day, during pre-established hours and days of the week. Further information on opening hours.

Roma Pass holders must go to the ticket office to get a ticket to visit all sites of the Forum Pass Super network.

The route allows you to visit the archaeological heart of Rome: Roman Forum, Imperial Forums and Palatine Hill with Palatine Museum, House of Augustus, House of Livia, Aula Isiaca with Loggia Mattei, Neronian Cryptoporticus, Santa Maria Antiqua with the Oratory of the Forty Martyrs, Domitian Ramp, Temple of Romulus, Domus Transitoria.

The itinerary also includes the Palatine where the remains of the Iron Age settlements referable to the most ancient nucleus of the city of Rome are preserved. The hill was the seat of important city cults, including that of the Magna Mater (Cybele) and, between the II and the I century BC, it became the residential district of the Roman aristocracy, with elegant houses characterized by exceptional pictorial and floor decorations, such as those preserved in the House of Grifi. Augusto symbolically chose the hill as the place of his home, which was made up of several buildings, including House of Livia. Subsequently the hill became the seat of the imperial palaces: Domus Tiberiana, Domus Transitoria, then Domus Aurea, and finally Domus Flavia, divided into a public and private sector, known as Domus Augustana.

From the complex and partly overlapping floor plans, it can be understood how the different residences were connected to each other also through underground corridors, often also richly decorated, of which the Neronian Cryptoporticus remains one of the best preserved examples. The presence of imperial palaces on the hill gave rise to an identification process so that the toponym "Palatium" has become synonymous with residential building in modern languages.

Booking required, calling the number +39 06 32810 (Call Center open Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm – Saturdays, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm) or sending an email to romapass@tosc.it (booking confirmation within 48 hours). (See FAQ 7.1)

Also known as the "queen of all private collections in the world", the art collection housed by the Galleria Borghese, started by Cardinal Scipione in the seventeenth century, exhibits masterpieces from Titian, Bernini, Correggio, Caravaggio and Canova.

The Galleria at “Via Francesco Crispi”, built in 1925 and temporarily closed from 2003, is being reopened with its important collection of modern art that offers a detailed picture of art and culture in Rome from the last quarter to the nineteenth until after World War II, through a rich exhibition of paintings, sculptures and graphic arts.

The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini exhibits paintings and other objects d'art from private collections dating from the 12th and 18th centuries (Torlonia, Barberini, Sciarra, Chigi), as well as acquisitions and bequests.

The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Corsini exhibits paintings dating from the 14th to the 18th centuries, housing in particular seventeenth- and eighteenth-century artists, ancient and modern sculptures, small bronzes and eighteenth-century furniture, thus providing a thorough representation of the Roman, Neapolitan and Bolognese schools of the "Seicento".

The National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome, with its 20,000 works - including paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations - houses the most complete collection dedicated to Italian and foreign art from the 19th century to today.

It is the only national museum entirely dedicated to modern and contemporary art.

Started by Cardinal Bernardino, this small but important art collection still recalls the 17th century aristocratic collections, whose paintings were accurately ordered with a view to enhancing their decorative value.

MAXXI - National Museum of XXI Century Arts is the first Italian institution dedicated to contemporary creativity. It is managed by the Maxxi Foundation and houses two museums: MAXXI Art and MAXXI Architecture.

A laboratory for cultural experimentation and innovation, MAXXI hosts exhibitions, workshops, conferences, shows, projections, and educational projects.

The MAXXI building is a major architectural work designed by Zaha Hadid, opened in 2010 and located in Rome’s Flaminio district (between the Tiber and the Via Flaminia ), not far from Renzo Piano’s Auditorium.

Mercati e Foro di Traiano is the modern name for a large set of buildings erected at the beginning of the 2nd century AD on the slopes of the Quirinal Hill. Guided tours will allow you to visit a real quarter of Imperial Rome whose state of preservation is still impressive.

The most ancient public museum in the world; it houses a considerable quantity of archaeological examples in addition to a significant collection of mediaeval and modern works. Recently, a large glass-walled room was built out of the covering of the Roman Garden to exhibit the original of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, previously located in Piazza del Campidoglio.

Opened in 1912, the Centrale Montemartini changed completely the water and power supply system of Rome. To date, this art centre displays Greek and Roman statues and sculptures among the remains of the old engines.

Villa Torlonia, the latest of Rome’s stately gardens, still retains a special charm due to the originality of its English landscape garden, one of the few examples in Rome, and the wide and unexpected variety of art, buildings and furniture scattered throughout the park between the 1802 and 1806 by Giuseppe Valadier.

Situated in Villa Torlonia's Park, the Museo della Casina delle Civette has among its distinctive feature the stained-glass elements, made between 1910 and 1925 by Cesare Picchiarini along the lines of the beautiful drawings from Duilio Cambellotti, Umberto Bottazzi and Paolo Paschetto, thus testifying to the high quality reached by the stained-glass art in Rome.

Located in the Villa,which was the home of the Torlonia Family first and Benito Mussolini afterwards (from 1925 to 1943), this restored building hosts the Museo della Villa, featuring period sculptures and furnishings, and the Museo della Scuola Romana, well-known for the paintings and drawings of the artists belonging to that school.

Turned into a museum after extensive restoration, the Museo Carlo Bilotti Aranciera's collection, an Italian-American entrepreneur and well-renowned collector, displaying paintings, sculptures and drawings, including several works from De Chirico.

Animal diversity represented by artificial scenarios: from the driest desert to the lush coral reef. A multimedia andmulti-sense journey through precious historical collections of animals from all over theworld, including three specimens of extinct species.

Housed in the first museum complex built in Rome after the collapse of the Fascist regime, the Ara Pacis represents one of the most impressive examples of classical art.

Through historical documents, works of art, media and educational resources, the exhibition path evokes the history, the places and the leading personalities of the Roman Republic, a fundamental moment of the Italian Risorgimento.

Located inside former "Porta Appia", known today as "Porta S. Sebastiano", the Museo delle Mura displays one of the most captivating expanses of the Aurelian walls erected at the end of the 3rd century AD, thus illustrating the story of these ancient fortifications.

The archeological site of Casal de’ Pazzi was discovered in 1981 during some development works in Rebibbia, today a densely populated area of Rome. The discovery of a large elephant tusk gave way to an archaeological investigation that brought to light a section of an ancient river bed. More than 2000 faunal remains were found in the deposit , belonging to species that one cannot imagine in today’s Rome countryside such as ancient elephants, the aurochs, the hippopotamus, and the rhinoceros.

The Museum of Rome, which is located in Palazzo Braschi, houses in its halls and its deposits a variety of collections related to the history of the city. It hosts artworks that witness the topographic transformations and various aspects of cultural, social and artistic history of Rome from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

Housed in former St. Giles' monastery, the Museo di Roma in Trastevere gathers various collections documenting everyday life in Rome between the 18th and the 19th century (paintings, watercolours, prints and drawings).

Housed in the "Farnesina ai Baullari" (the Farnese Palace in the street of the trunk makers), which was built in 1516 to a design of Antonio da Sangallo the young, the Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco houses a prestigious collection of antique sculpture - art from Assyria, Egypt, Cyprus, Phoenicia, Etruria, Greece and Rome.

In 1927 Count Giuseppe Primoli, son of Pietro Primoli and Carlotta Bonaparte, donated to the city of Rome his collection of memorabilia. The collections recall the Napoleonic era, the so-called "Roman" period and the second Empire.

The Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali gathers inique examples of musical instruments belonging to the ancient world till the 18th century, including the well-known "Barberini harp", some instruments belonging to Benedetto Marcello and the pianoforte invented and built by Bartolomeo Cristofori.

Originally intended as a mausoleum by the Emperor Hadrian (130-139 AD), Castel Sant'Angelo became, in later centuries, the bastion of the Papal State. It is now possible to visit the various rooms decorated with frescoes, the prison, the collection of antique weapons, the picture gallery and the Papal apartments.

The Museo Nazionale di Palazzo di Venezia is housed in the grand building once residence of the Venetian pope Paul II Barbo (1464-1471), an art lover and collector and "moral" initiator of the future development of this museum. Established in 1921, the National Museum has acquired year after year its status as an important museum of decorative arts.

Housed in the beautiful Villa Giulia, built in the 16th century for Pope Julius III, the Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia is one of the most important in Italy and is organised in topographic and thematic sections.

The Museo Nazionale Romano houses one of the most important archaeology collections in the world. The items are divided into four different sites: the Crypta Balbi, Palazzo Altemps, Palazzo Massimo, and the aggregate of the Terme di Diocleziano.

The excavations carried out in the Crypta Balbi revealed the various transformations and utilizations of the place which followed one another from ancient times through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance up to the Modern Age. The Museum displays archaeological material from other excavation sites and historical collections of Roman museums.

For Roma Pass holders special discount on audioguide: 4€.

Palazzo Altemps houses the beautiful collection of ancient sculptures started by Cardinal Ludovisi in the 16th century and the antiquities belonging to the Altemps.

For Roma Pass holders special discount on audioguide: 4€.

Palazzo Massimo was converted into the main site of the National Roman Museum, illustrating at best the artistic culture in Rome from Silla to the Imperial age.

For Roma Pass holders special discount on audioguide: 4€.

The Terme di Diocleziano are the historical headquarters of the National Museum of Rome, housing a large epigraphic section illustrating the birth and development of Latin.

For Roma Pass holders special discount on audioguide: 4€, virtual reality viewer 3D: 4€.

Former hen house dating from the 17th century, in 1927 this building became the house of the sculptor Pietro Canonica, who undertook in return to donate his works to the city of Rome. Opened in 1961, the Museo Pietro Canonica displays studies, drawings, mock-ups, originals and replicas.

The new born Museum of Civilizations of Rome, which manages, enhances and promotes archaeological and ethnographic collections, unique in Italy in a unified and innovative model.

Named after its founder, the palethnologist Luigi Pigorini, the museum houses the most important Italian collection of prehistoric materials and is among the first museums in the world for its non-European ethnographic collections.

Opened in 1967 at the “Palazzo delle Scienze” in Eur quarter with a view to building an archaeology museum of the post-classical age, the museum houses material from Rome and central Italy dating from the 4th to the 16th century.

The museum, founded by Lamberto Loria, intends to provide documents and information on the folk traditions of various regions of Italy. The collections include regional costumes, jewels, cribs, pottery and handicraft.

The museum was opened in 1957 as a result of an agreement between the Italian Government and the Italian Institute for the Middle and the Far East (IsMEO). The museum gathers works of art and archaeological materials mostly from various Italian archaeological missions in Asia.

Seat of Rome Provincial Authorities since 1873, this building dates from the end of the sixteenth century and was subsequently enhanced by an extraordinary campaign of archaeological excavations whereby two big sculptures and two patrician villas, dating to the third-forth century and the second century respectively, were brought back to light.

Booking required for Colosseo.

This archaeological area is the heart of the ancient city. Here you may admire an impressive stratification of historical and artistic memories testifying to the life and development of ancient Rome.
The ticket is valid for two days and allows entry to the Colosseum and exhibitions inside the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Palatine Hill and temporary exhibitions in progress at the Park (the museum is excluded).

For Roma Pass holders special discount on guided tour for all sites of the group: 12€.

Booking required for Colosseo.

Built at the site of Nero's lake below his extensive palace the Domus Aurea, and completed by Titus in AD 80, l'Anfiteatro Falvio was the largest arena of the ancient world used by the Romans for gladiatorial combats, and other spectacles until the 6th century.

For Roma Pass holders special discounts on audio-videoguide: 5€, individual guided tour: 4€.

Booking required for Colosseo.

This section of the Roman forum mark the founding of Rome in the 8th century BC, and later housed Augustus Caesar's official government centres.

For Roma Pass holders special discounts on audioguide of Foro Romano or Palatino: 4€, audioguide of Foro Romano and Palatino: 7€.

Known to one and all for its picturesque views and enchanting atmosphere, also widely portrayed in international literature and painting, the Appia Antica Way is witness to the ages with its illustrious monuments.

The most impressive funeral monument built along the third mile of the Appia Antica, of which it has become symbolic,was erected on a hill to commemorate the Roman noblewoman who was by birth and marriage connected to two of the most distinguished Roman families of the late Republican age.

The largest villa of Roman suburbs overlooked the countryside with its cryptoporticus, lavatories, and small terraced baths, thereby creating a spectacular scenery that has been partly brought to light today.

The wide area of the excavations overlooks the "Tiber River Gate", connecting Rome to the sea. The ancient city testifies to the imposing Roman buildings and reaffirm the commercial and economic importance of the ancient capital of the world.

Among the most imposing and fascinating complexes of ancient Rome, Terme di Caracalla are still impressive today owing to their extensive walls whose ruins are often still considerably high.

For Roma Pass holders special discount on audioguide: 4€, 4D Virtual video guide: 6€.

A journey through time, through the fourth dimension: The innovative technology has been put to use at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, which has become the first archaeological site in Italy to be entirely viewable in 3D, with virtual images viewed through an easily portable Cardboard Headset. This virtual reality will allow you to see the Baths not only as they are today, but as they were in 216 A.D., at the time of their opening.

The virtual visit is structured in ten chapters, which correspond to as many spaces of the facility and include all the areas of the Terme di Caracalla, revealing its various functions and giving a complete image of the monument.

Please Note: The virtual visit is accessible upon availability of the viewers.

The archaeological complex, which extends between the second and third mile the Appian Way, consists of three principal constructions: the Palace, the Roman Circus and the Dynastic Mausoleum. All were designed as an interlinked architectural unit to celebrate Emperor Maxentius, the vanquished adversary of Constantine the Great at the battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 A.D.