Roma, archeologia e storia urbana: l’Urbs trenta anni dopo.
International conference of studies in memory of Ferdinando Castagnoli On November 26, 27 and 28 the École Française de Rome, Sapienza Università di Roma, Aix-Marseille Université and the ANHIMA ...
Blood and the Arena
Blood and the Arena is the title of an unprecedented immersive spectacle that recreated the splendour of the long series of events organised by the Emperor Titus between June ...
Loves, myths and other stories. Cycle of events related to the exhibition on the poet Ovid presented at the Scuderie del Quirinale
The Parco archeologico del Colosseo hosted a series of encounters devoted to Ovid, on the occasion of the exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale Loves, Myths and Other Stories ...
SPEECHLESS! The marvels of the Museo Palatino
In the month dedicated to the rights of people with disabilities, the Parco archeologico del Colosseo is holding a guided tour of the Museo Palatino in Italian Sign Language ...
Alternating school and work at the Parco archeologico del Colosseo
The director of the Parco archeologico del Colosseo, Alfonsina Russo, will present the alternation of school and work. The educational services will recount the results of the activities carried ...
Natale al Colosseo
21 December 2018, 11.30 A.M. Opening of the Nativity Scene from San Gregorio Armeno With the participation of Mons. Andrea Lonardo, Director, Culture and University Department, Diocese of Rome
Advanced Training Course in Law and New Technologies for the Enhancement of Cultural Heritage
Presentazione del corso di alta formazione in diritto e nuove tecnologie per la valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali
Claudio Strinati presents the itinerary and the educational guide “Colosseo. Foro Romano. Palatino. Views from the Grand Tour”
Claudio Strinati presents the itinerary and the educational guide "Colosseo. Foro Romano. Palatino. Views from the Grand Tour"
For the PArCo Thursdays, Aldo Schiavone with “The dynasty of the Severi and its jurists: how the Western State was born”
Thursday 14th, for the series of conferences in the splendid Curia Iulia, PArCo Thursdays, Aldo Schiavone, Professor of Institutions of Roman Law, will let the Constitutio antoniniana come alive: he ...
“Settimana dei Musei” – Museum Week at the PArCo — conferences, workshops and guided tours from 5 to 10 March
Kick off of the first edition of Museum Week - "Settimana dei Musei" at the Parco archeologico del Colosseo from 5 to 10 March, six days of free entry ...
Luisa Musso and Matthias Bruno for PArCo Thursdays
For PArCo Thursdays, on Thursday 7 March, Luisa Musso, professor of archaeology of the Roman provinces at the University of Roma Tre and Matthias Bruno, archaeologist, will present L’imperatore ...
For PArCo Thursdays Rossella Rea and Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani | National Landscape Day
The “PArCo Thursdays” conference series continues on Thursday 14 March, in the splendid location of the Curia Iulia. For the occasion, Rossella Rea, archaeologist and director of studies at ...
Open Administration Week 2019. Focus Group in the Curia Iulia
On the upcoming 15th of March, at 10.00 in the prestigious location of the Curia Iulia, the Parco will hold the focus group, “Sharing the MiBAC photographic archives. Policies, ...
International Conference “Monitoring and maintenance of archaeological areas. Climate change, hydro-geological imbalance, environmental and chemical degradation”
Curia Iulia, Foro Romano - 20-21 marzo 2019 - Convegno
Monitoring and maintenance of archaeological areas
Curia Iulia, Roman Forum, Workshop
Moncef Ben Moussa and museum politics in Tunisia
On Thursday 28 March visitors are invited to the fifth appointment in the PArCo Thursdays series: a number of conferences scheduled every Thursday afternoon in the beautiful location of ...
Adriana Fresina in memory of Sebastiano Tusa for PArCo Thursdays
Thursday 4 April, at 16:30, the Parco archeologico del Colosseo will remember Professor Sebastiano Tusa, whose recent and unexpected passing comes as a profound loss for the cultural sector. ...
For PArCo Thursdays — The cultural parlor of the countess Ersilia Caetani Lovatelli by Paolo Sommella
Thursday 18 April will mark the seventh date in the PArCo Thursdays series: the cycle of conferences scheduled every Thursday afternoon in the beautiful location of the Curia Iulia.
For PArCo Thursdays — Book presentation of “Adriano. Roma e Atene” by Andrea Carandini and Emanuele Papi
Thursday 16 May marks the eighth date in the PArCo Thursdays series: the cycle of conferences scheduled Thursday afternoons in the beautiful location of the Curia Iulia. At 16:30, ...
International Museum Day – SALUS PER ARTEM – Art therapy for parkinson
SALUS PER ARTEM — On International Museum Day 2019 the Parco archeologico del Colosseo focuses on art and wellbeing Visiting cultural sites is good for you. There’s no doubt ...
For PArCo Thursdays — Presentation of “Beni Culturali. Fiscalità, mecenatismo, circolazione” by M. Fiorilli and S. Gatti
BOOK PRESENTATION Thursday 23 May 2019 will mark the ninth and final event for this season of PArCo Thursdays: the series of conferences held every Thursday afternoon in the ...
COLORED MARBLE STATUES OF BARBARIANS — News from the Roman Forum and Terracina
Majestic, larger than life-sized statues of foreign peoples, made from precious colored marbles imported from the provinces of the empire, play a prominent role in public architecture from the ...
European Days of Archeology 2019
From 14 – 16 June, archaeology takes center stage all across Europe: coordinated by the INRAP (National Institute of Preventative Archaeological Research) in France, the National Archaeology Days will ...
25th annual Rome Music Festival — Musica fuori centro — 21 June 2019
As part of the 25th annual Rome Music Festival — Musica fuori centro, the Lydian Sound Orchestra, voted Italian group of the year by the Top Jazz panel, will ...
Rome meets Milan
On Tuesday the 2nd and Wednesday the 3rd of July the Basilica of Maxentius is hosting a rich and exciting exhibition featuring Jonathan Lethem, New York novelist and essayist, ...
KRONOS AND KAIROS – The times of contemporary art – at the Palatine from 19 July to 3 November
Kronos and Kairos, an exhibition that brings contemporary art to the monumental spaces of the Palatine, is open from 19 July to 3 November. If Kronos represents the passage ...
“Classical roots: origins of the feminine”. The new lecture series in the Curia Iulia from 12 September to 31 October
The ancient Roman Senate opens its doors to the public once again for the PArCo Thursdays lecture series, with “Radici classiche: alle origini del femminile” (“Classical roots: the origins ...
European Heritage Days 2019
In celebration of European Heritage Days 2019 – One two three…Art! Culture and entertainment, the Parco archaeologico del Colosseo presents a series of special events for kids and adults, ...
Carthago. The Immortal Myth. 27 September to 29 March 2020 in the spaces of the Colosseum, Temple of Romulus and Imperial Ramp
Carthago. The Immortal Myth. 27 September to 29 March 2020 in the spaces of the Colosseum, Temple of Romulus and Imperial Ramp
Carthago Tuesdays. The new conference series to accompany “Carthago. The immortal myth” starts 1 October in the Curia Iulia
With the opening of the show Carthago. The immortal myth, the Parco archeologico del Colosseo introduces a multidisciplinary series of conferences, building upon the main themes of the exhibition ...
Ephimera. Discussions about fashion — Conferences curated by Sofia Gnoli
Fashion in its countless forms is the protagonist of Ephimera. Dialoghi sulla moda, a series of ten conferences dedicated to the various aspects of contemporary fashion, in which some ...
Introducing the MEIS. Signing ceremony for the MEIS-Colosseum agreement protocol
On Monday, 28 October, at 17:00, in the monumental Curia Iulia in the Roman Forum, the Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Dario Franceschini, will be present ...
BEYOND the center. The Parco archeologico del Colosseo meets the city’s museums. New conference series in the Curia Iulia for PArCo Thursdays.
Beginning Thursday 7 November in the Curia Iulia in the Roman Forum, visitors are invited to the new conference series OLTRE il centro. Il Parco archeologico del Colosseo incontra ...
Beyond “Mid-Republican Rome”. Latium between the Gauls and the Battle of Zama — 8 November, 16:30 — Presentation of the proceedings of the international conference (June 2017)
Join us Friday, 8 November, at 16:30 in the monumental Curia Iulia in the Roman Forum, for the public presentation of the proceedings of the international study conference “Oltre ...
21 November — #iovadoalmuseo — World Philosophy Day — free entry to the PArCo and discussion open to the public in the Curia Iulia
On Thursday, 21 November, in celebration of World Philosophy Day, the Parco archeologico del Colosseo is holding a special conference from 11:00 to 13:00 in the beautiful location of ...
The ABCs of art therapy: Art Beauty Culture – Park-in-PArCo returns Saturday 23 November — Palatine Museum
Art therapy for those with Parkinson’s is back at Palatine Museum with the workshop “Body, Voice and Theater” on Saturday, 23 November at 10:30
The ABCs of art therapy: Art Beauty Culture — Second date with Park-in-PArCo Saturday 7 December — Palatine Museum
Art therapy for those with Parkinson’s is back, thanks to the PArCo’s collaboration with the Parkinzone NPO. The Palatine Museum is hosting a Hatha Yoga workshop. The event is ...
Christmas at the Colosseum — “Presepe de la Penna” Nativity scene on display
From Monday 9 December for the duration of the Christmas season, the Flavian Amphitheater is happy to host the “moving” Nativity scene created by the “Presepe de la Penna” ...
ROMAN FORUM. DISCOVERIES FROM EXCAVATIONS PAST AND PRESENT — Workshop — Curia Iulia, 11 December — 9:00
The Roman Forum, as it appears to the modern-day visitor, is largely the result of the archaeological investigations carried out from the late 19th century through the first decades ...
Creative workshops at the Parco archeologico del Colosseo — #zerodiciotto
The “Make your own label” project is an activity designed to introduce kids aged 6-12 to the Palatine Museum in a creative and stimulating way. The goal is to ...
Carthage ou la memoire des pierres. Photography by Marianne Catzaras. From 18 December to 29 March 2020
A new encounter with Tunisian culture at the Parco archeologico del Colosseo on Tuesday, 17 December 2019 at 11:00: Carthage ou la memoire des pierres, a photo exhibition by ...
#iovadoalmuseo — The free entry days to the Parco archeologico del Colosseo
Visitors can check www.iovadoalmuseo.it for the calendar of the 8 free entry days to the Parco archeologico del Colosseo: the first is scheduled for Thursday 9 May, the Day of ...
International Migrants Day — Literature, Cinema and Theater in the Parco archeologico del Colosseo
For the upcoming free entry day instituted in celebration of International Migrants Day, the Parco archeologico del Colosseo in collaboration with Electa is proud to present a program featuring ...
A new stage for the Basilica of Maxentius. Award ceremony for the ideas competition, 7 January 2020 — Curia Iulia in the Roman Forum
On 7 January 2020, in the beautiful location of the Roman Senate, to mark the inauguration of the new school year for the “Sapienza” University of Rome’s Scuola di ...
Tiles of history at the Parco archeologico del Colosseo — #zerodiciotto
To complement the exhibition “Carthago. The immortal myth”, the PArCo’s Education Services Department, in collaboration with CoopCulture, is happy to present Tessere di storie (Tiles of history)—a project for ...
INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY 2020 — Curia Iulia, 27 January, 12:30
To mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Parco archeologico del Colosseo and the Roman Jewish Community present “The life of Charlotte Salomon through images and music”. In the ...
European Archaeology Days – 19-21 June 2010 #Archeorama
After the resounding success of last edition, the Parco archeologico del Colosseo is participating once again in the European Archaeology Days, promoted by the Inrap (Institut national de recherches ...
European Heritage Days — 26 & 27 September 2020
Special openings, events and activities scheduled for European Heritage Days 2020 On Saturday, 26 September, from 15:00 – 18:00, the Palatine Museum takes center stage thanks to the museum’s ...
Online event — “Songs of stone” at the Palatine Museum. Alessandro Haber reads Gabriele Tinti’s “Apollo e gli ultimi poeti”
To mark the anniversary of the Palatine Temple’s dedicatio rituals, the Palatine Museum welcomes actor Alessandro Haber as he reads a selection of poetry by the author and poet ...
The three holy stones of Jerusalem — Lectio magistralis by His Eminence Cardinal G. Ravasi
To mark the recent restauration of the fresco depicting an ideal view of the city of Jerusalem, visible in the Flavian Amphitheater on the rear arch of the Porta ...
Online offering of the Parco archeologico del Colosseo’s ‘fifth site’
As reported in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic, the new Prime Ministerial Decree in force from 5 November 2020 to 3 December 2020 imposes the temporary closure ...
The Night of the Museums — Night-time visit to the Colosseum
On the evening of 14 November, starting at 21:00, the Colosseum is opening its doors and inviting the public to relive its nearly 2,000 years of history all in ...
Living on the Palatine — a walk through the PArCo
Every Wednesday, be our guest as we go in search of the homes — and inhabitants — that have occupied the Palatine Hill over the centuries. From the Archaic ...
A day on the job at the Colosseum — Facebook marathon
On 18 November, the PArCo will guide our visitors through one of the worksites active inside the Colosseum, situated inside the inner archway of the Porta Triumphalis, where a ...
Archaeology Lessons – Andrea Carandini explains stratigraphic excavation
Join us on 23 November for the first of our new series of “Archaeology Lessons” conducted by Prof. Andrea Carandini. Three talks are scheduled for the next three Mondays, ...
The Basilica Aemilia’s opus sectile — Facebook preview
On 25 November from 11:00 – 12:00, we’re presenting the special maintenance being done to protect the Late Antique (6th century AD) opus sectile in the Basilica Aemilia, restored ...
Presentation of the publication “Monitoraggio and manutenzione delle aree archeologiche”
On Thursday, 26 November at 5:00 PM, join us for the presentation of the publication: Monitoraggio e manutenzione delle aree archeologiche. Cambiamenti climatici, dissesto idrogeologico, degrado chimico-ambientale (Monitoring and ...
Archaeology Lessons — Andrea Carandini and the origins of the city of Rome
Prof. Andrea Carandini’s Archaelogy Lessons continue. The topic for 30 November is the Palatine, with particular focus on the origins of Rome. Tune in at 9:00 PM on the PArCo’s ...
Songs of stone at the Roman Forum — Michele Placido reads “Dei Consenti”
After the resounding success of Alessandro Haber’s performance at the Palatine Museum, “Songs of stone” continues with a cycle of poetry readings dedicated entirely to the Roman Forum. We’re ...
Archaeology Lessons with Prof. Andrea Carandini — the Birth of Rome
7 December is the last date in our series of “Archaeology Lessons” with Prof. Andrea Carandini. Prof. Carandini, a member of the PArCo Scientific Committee, will explore the topic ...
Design for All ¬– The new app Y&Co – You and Colosseo
Y&Co – You and Colosseo is the new app for Android and iOS, curated and promoted by the PArCo (Giulia Giovanetti, Paola Quaranta, Federica Rinaldi and Andrea Schiappelli) and ...
“Songs of Stone at the Roman Forum” Robert Davi reads Gabriele Tinti
Our “Songs of stone” series continues with a cycle of poetry readings dedicated entirely to the Roman Forum. Following Michele Placido’s reading, Roberto Davi will read “Apollo” by the ...
“Songs of Stone at the Roman Forum” Stephen Fry reads Gabriele Tinti
Our “Songs of stone” series continues with a cycle of poetry readings dedicated entirely to the Roman Forum. Following readings by Michele Placido and Robert Davi, Stephen Fry ...
PArCoforKids: Rhyming Romulus
Hear ye, hear ye, come one, come all! This is a special message for kids, moms, dads, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and cats on the sofa! A new adventure ...
The Colosseum tells its story: one-on-one with the collection
The Colosseum Museum on the amphitheater’s second tier was first opened in December 2018. It constitutes a first stage in our reimagining of how to use the monument’s resources ...
James Cosmo reads “Giano” by writer-poet Gabriele Tinti
In the Roman Forum, at the intersection of the Argiletum and the Via Sacra, in the area of the Curia-Comitium, there once stood a small, dual-doorwayed building that housed ...
Stories from the Colosseum. Epigraphy lessons: the Lampadius inscription
First epigraphy lesson with prof. Slivia Orlandi about the Lampadius inscription and the inaugural epigraph of the Colosseum.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Online concert from the Curia Julia
To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us for an online concert from the Curia Julia in the Roman Forum with maestros Marco Valabrega (violin) and Nicola Pignatiello (guitar) ...
Reopening concert in the Colosseum Arena
The Parco archeologico del Colosseo is reopening to the public on Monday, 1 February 2021: well-aware of art’s ability to help us overcome difficult moments such as the one ...
Stories from the Colosseum. Epigraphy lessons: on the cavea, loca and the spectators
In the 1930’s, a portion of the Colosseum’s cavea was reconstructed on the monument’s eastern side, where the public once sat to take in long days of entertainment, from ...
Stories from the Colosseum. Epigraphy lessons: The tituli picti of the intermediate gallery
For the third of our four lessons on epigraphy, we will be climbing the steps of the Colosseum’s cavea up to the intermediate gallery located between the second and ...
Stories from the Colosseum. Epigraphy lessons: the earthquakes of the 5th century and the end of the games
As had already happened in the city’s past, Rome was clobbered by a series of violent earthquakes in the 5th and probably 6th centuries AD that damaged or destroyed ...
The Palatine Museum reopens to the public on Thursday, 18 February 2021. Plan your visit and discover the collection with a click!
The Palatine Museum, a treasure trove of history on the hill that saw the birth of Rome and the formation of imperial power, reopens to the public on Thursday ...
Santa Francesca Romana. A restoration of hope
One year after the lockdown that brought nearly all activity in Italy to a halt, including and above all our cultural sites, the Parco archeologico del Colosseo together with ...
A window onto the Arch of Constantine. Wednesday livestreams from the PArCo.
To mark the special maintenance currently being done on the northern face of the Arch of Constantine, the PArCo is resuming our Wednesday morning Facebook livestreams brought to you ...
“Conversations in the Curia”: introducing a new cycle of book presentations
Join us on Thursday, 11 March for the new cycle of “Dialoghi in Curia” (“Conversations in the Curia”), a series of book presentations available to the public through the ...
ParCo Green. The green side of the Parco.
The PArCo celebrates the National Landscape Day, established by the Ministry of Culture in 2017 following the European Landscape Convention of 2000, by presenting the project “PArCo Green”, which ...
The Temple of Venus and Roma. Wednesday livestreams
Two worksites that look onto the piazza surrounding the largest amphitheater in the world watch over each other as well: ancient record-holders in their own right, the triumphal arch ...
An archaeological site at Piazza Venezia. Hadrian’s Auditoria
Between 2007 and 2011, a series of archaeological investigations were conducted before construction began on Line C of the Rome Metro. These preliminary excavations led archaeologists to discover a ...
“Conversations in the Curia”. Presentation of: “Pompei. Il tempo ritrovato. Le nuove scoperte”
For the second date of the “Conversations in the Curia” cycle, on Thursday, 25 March, join us for “Pompei. Il tempo ritrovato. Le nuove scoperte” (“Pompeii. Time regained. New ...
The Colosseum’s stucco decorations – live restoration
Today’s Colosseum is like a skeleton stripped of its skin. Two thousand years of use and numerous functions, which adapted to changing needs through time and to the transformations ...
The Arch of Septimius Severus tells its story. Special maintenance and repair work underway
At the beginning of April, our technicians officially began the special maintenance and repairs to be made to the Arch of Septimius Severus. The arch was dedicated by the ...
“Conversations in the Curia”. Third date with Mario Lentano’s “Enea. L’ultimo dei Troiani, il primo dei Romani”
On Thursday, 8 April, the third date of the “Conversations in the Curia” cycle will be all about Mario Lentano’s “Enea. L’ultimo dei Troiani, il primo dei Romani” (“Aeneas. ...
Paths outside the PArCo – Distant but united by history
The PArCo is happy to launch the project “Paths outside the PArCo – Distant but united by history“, which aims to help Roman citizens and all of our visitors ...
“Conversations in the Curia” – fourth date with Andrea Augenti’s “Scavare nel Passato”
The fourth date of our “Conversations in the Curia” cycle, scheduled for Thursday, 29 April at 16:30, focuses on Andrea Augenti’s “Scavare nel Passato” (“Digging into the Past”), published ...
Exhibition “Pompei 79 d.C. Una storia romana” at the Colosseum until 9 May 2021
Pompei 79 AD. A Roman story is the exciting new exhibition open to the public on the second tier of the Colosseum from 9 February to 9 May 2021. ...
“Conversations in the Curia” – Marisa Ranieri Panetta’s The Women Who Made the Empire
Join us live from the Curia Julia in the Roman Forum for the presentation of archaeologist/essayist Marisa Ranieri Panetta’s Le donne che fecero l’Impero. Tre secoli di potere all’ombra ...
“Conversations in the Curia” – Digital storytelling and the art of engagement
The sixth date in our “Conversations in the Curia” series is entirely dedicated to the topic of digital storytelling and the art of engagement. In the interests of making ...
The Portico of the Harmonious Gods. Wednesday Livestreams.
An absolutely never-before-seen perspective, previously unexplored by the Parco archeologico del Colosseo’s Wednesday livestreams: on Wednesday, 26 May at 11:30, join us on a trip up the slopes of ...
Soft Pilates in the Barberini Vineyard with Park-in-PArCo
Join us in person or via streaming for the Park-in-PArCo project’s latest event, made possible in collaboration with the ParkinZone NPO. On Saturday, 29 May at 17:00, Elena ...
European Archaeology Days 2021
The Parco archeologico del Colosseo will participate also this year to the European Archaeology Days, instituted by the Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (INRAP) in France and from ...
“Raphael and the Domus Aurea. The invention of grotesques”
"Raphael and the Domus Aurea. The invention of grotesques." The exhibition at the Parco archeologico del Colosseo
Dante Assoluto at the Basilica of Maxentius
From the 1st to the 20th of July the Parco archeologico del Colosseo, in collaboration with Electa, is promoting and hosting DANTE ASSOLUTO, a festival at the Basilica of ...
Round table on TRAME results
Project TRAME Tracce di Memoria (co-funded under ERASMUS+) is organizing a round table on the results of our research on how to better connect heritage and education, but also ...
Giacomo Boni. The dawn of modernity | The “widespread” exhibition between the Palatine and the Roman Forum
From December 15, 2021 to April 30, 2022 the Parco archeologico del Colosseo will dedicate a great exhibition to the figure of Giacomo Boni in the places where the ...
Conversations in the Curia. Presentation of the volume “From Pen to Pixel. Studies of the Roman Forum and the Digital Future of World Heritage”
In conjunction with the exhibition “Giacomo Boni. The Dawn of Modernity” the Parco archeologico del Colosseo hosts in the Curia Iulia at the Roman Forum on Thursday, 24 February ...
The Moon over the Colosseum 2022 – The Roman and Christian Colosseum
Tornano le visite serali nel Colosseo, fino al 31 dicembre 2022
1972-2022 The 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Riace Bronzes. A color reconstruction of the ancient sculptures
On the 12th of July at 5 p.m. in the Curia Iulia in the Roman Forum, the Directorate-General of Museums, the Parco archeologico del Colosseo and the Museo Archeologico ...
Invisible Deposits. From cataloguing to fruition | International conference. Rome, 15-16 December 2022
The Invisible Deposits Conference, curated by Massimo Osanna, Alfonsina Russo, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Roberta Alteri, stems from the need to share national and international experiences in the field of the ...
TRAME final online Symposium
We are proud and happy to say that TRAME project is reaching its final stage, and for the purpose of sharing our amazing results we are organizing “TRAME International ...
