Caput mundi: antiquarium comunale

Caput Mundi Next Generation EU for touristic great events (Mission 1, Component 3, Investment 4.3)

Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan increases the number of accessible tourist sites in Rome, creating valid and qualified tourist and cultural alternatives with respect to the crowded central areas, as well as increasing the use of digital technologies, enhance green areas and the sustainability of tourism. The investment envisages six lines of interventions:
1. “Roman Cultural Heritage for EU-Next Generation”, covering the regeneration and restoration of cultural and urban heritage and complexes of high historical-architectural value of the city of Rome;
2. “Jubilee paths” (from pagan to Christian Rome), targeted to the enhancement, safety, anti-seismic consolidation, restoration of places and buildings of historical interest and archaeological pathways;
3. #LaCittàCondivisa, covering the redevelopment of sites in peripheral areas;
4. #Mitingodiverde, covering interventions on parks, historical gardens, villas and fountains;
5. #Roma 4.0, covering the digitalization of cultural services and the development of apps for tourists;
6. #Amanotesa, aimed at increasing the supply of cultural offer to peripheries for social integration.

The investment is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility by EUR 500 million and includes this project.
This project aims to restore the former Antiquarium building and park, integrating the Central Archaeological Area into the city and expanding its cultural offer. It involves structural, technological, and energy efficiency upgrades, along with landscaping and new installations, to create a vital cultural and tourist hub connected by tram. This project is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility with EUR 10000000The project is aimed at the restoration of the former Antiquarium, including the surrounding building and park. This space, in addition to playing an orientation role, can integrate the Central Archaeological Area within the urban structure of the modern city. An added value is the presence of a tram line that crosses the park, offering an environmentally sustainable way to connect the various museums along its route, from the Porta San Paolo Museum to the Villa Giulia Museum. Another objective of the enhancement initiatives is the expansion of the cultural offer, with exhibition spaces and information opportunities for visitors, useful for better understanding and enjoying the city’s archaeological, artistic, and historical heritage. The opportunity offered by the nearby exhibition space of the soon-to-open Celio Archaeological Park will be taken into account, with a view to creating an overall organic and harmonised service structure. The project involves the renovation, restoration, and layout of the building and external area, in order to develop a new and significant cultural and tourist hub in the city. Specifically, the project involves the implementation of the following activities: structural consolidation and demolition of non-repairable portions; conservative rehabilitation and restoration; technological systems; energy efficiency interventions; external interventions including clean-up of tree essences, cleaning of brambles, and selection of typical Mediterranean and native essences; handling of archaeological finds; internal installations; installations in the external area.