Museo di Porta San Paolo (museum
of san paolo gate
)
The museum is located in the structure of the
ancient gate of st. Paul built in the
third century AD as the starting point of the
Ostiense and the ancient Laurentina roads.
The
items on exhibition illustrate the ancient link
between Rome and Ostia: moulds,
inscriptions, surveys of the route
and several of the relative monuments placed on the
ancient way.
There
are also a few models representing Ostia and
the ports of Claudio and Traiano by
the architect Italo Gismondi; and together
with the ancient modern plans, prints
and photographs are also included in the
exhibition.
In
addition, Christian memoirs regarding the
Ostiense road and Ostia and some pieces
coming from catacombs are gathered in a room
where traces of medieval age frescoes are
still visible.
The reconstruction projects of some "ostiensi"
buildings, among which the so-called Piccolo
Mercato (Small Market), are of particular
interest.
Information and Addresses
Address Via Raffaele Persichetti, 3
Visiting Hours Every day from 9.00 am to 1.30 pm;
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm;
Sunday 9.00 am to 1.30 pm (first and third of each
month).
Closed Monday, Dec. 25, Jan 1, May 1
Telephone 06
5743193; Fax 06 57284435
Price Free
admission
For
Tours information
– private guided tours – special entrances, no waiting in
line - VIP services
www.tourinrome.com
www.vaticanmuseuminformation.com
www.vaticanmuseumticket.com
