- Type: Museums
NileGuide Expert tip:
Take advantage of this ticket which gets you into 4 ancient sites/collections: Diocletian, Palazzo Altemps, Cripta Balbi and Palazzo Massimo
Description:
Near Piazza dei Cinquecento, which fronts the rail station, this museum occupies part of the 3rd-century A.D. Baths of Diocletian and part of a convent that might have been designed by Michelangelo. The Diocletian Baths were the biggest thermal baths in the world. Nowadays they host a marvelous collection of funereal art works, such as sarcophagi, and decorations dating back to the Aurelian period. The Baths also have a section reserved for temporary exhibitions.
The Octagonal Hall occupies the southwest corner of the central building of the Diocletian Baths. Here you can see the Lyceum Apollo, a copy of the 2nd-century A.D. work inspired by the Prassitele. Also worthy of note is the Aphrodite of Cyrene, a copy dating back to the second half of the 2nd century A.D. and discovered in Cyrene, Libya.
- © Frommer's 2013
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Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2009
- Recommended 2010
- Details
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: 06-39967700
Address:
- Viale E. di Nicola 79
- Rome
Neighborhood:
San Giovanni/Termini/Colle Oppio/San LorenzoHours:
- Tues-Sun 9am-7:45pm. Last admission 1 hr. before closing
Strenuousness:
- No Sweat
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