Caput Mundi: Caffarella - Pago Triopio and Rectory of Sant'Urbano alla Caffarella

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 will comprehensively restore the Church of Sant'Urbano alla Caffarella and the Nymphaeum of Egeria. Key interventions at Sant'Urbano include structural and surface restoration, addressing water issues, installing new lighting and security systems, and enhancing the surrounding area. The Nymphaeum will see maintenance on its connecting staircase, hydraulic system, and vegetation reduction to ensure its preservation and accessibility. This project is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility with EUR 1755000. The project will include the following activities:
CHURCH OF SANT'URBANO ALLA CAFFARELLA
georadar surveys and coring on the plateau of Sant'Urbano;
restoration of the area set against the south external side of the church with particular attention to the problem of water infiltration and overhaul/replacement of the door; restoration of internal and external wall surfaces;
restoration of frescoes; installation of interior and exterior lighting system; installation of volumetric security system inside the building and external light sensors with video surveillance; completion of fencing; delimitation with picket fence of the panoramic viewpoint on the plateau overlooking the Nymphaeum of Egeria; connection to the public water supply and related system within the area.
NYMPHAEUM OF EGERIA
extraordinary maintenance of the connecting staircase between the church and the Nymphaeum of Egeria;
verification and restoration of the hydraulic system of the Nymphaeum; reduction of vegetation on the vault.