Rome
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* Accademia di San Luca
* Antiquario Comunale
* Ara Pacis Augustae
* Arco di Costantino
* Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo
* Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
* Basilica di San Paolo Fuori le Mura
* Basilica di San Sebastiano
* Campo de' Fiori
* Catacombs of San Callisto
* Catacombs of Santa Priscilla
* Chiesa Nuova
* Circo Massimo
* Column of Marcus Aurelius
* Domus Aurea
* Fontana delle Tartarughe
* Fontana di Trevi
* Fori Imperiali
* Galleria Borghese
* Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
* Il Gesù
* The Ghetto
* Gianicolo
* Isola Tiberina
* Keats-Shelley Memorial House
* Largo Argentina
* Mamertine Prison (Carcere Mamertino)
* Mercati Traianei
* Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II
* Museo dell'Alto Medioevo
* Museo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
* Museo Barracco
* Museo della Civiltà Romana
* Museo del Folklore e dei Poeti Romaneschi
* Museo Napoleonico
* Museo Nazionale delle Paste Alimentari
* Museo Nazionale Romano
* Palatino
* Palazzo Colonna
* Palazzo Corsini
* Palazzo Doria Pamphili
* Palazzo delle Esposizioni
* Palazzo Madama
* Palazzo di Montecitorio
* Palazzo del Quirinale
* Palazzo Spada
* Palazzo Venezia
* Pasquino
* Piazza Barberini
* Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta
* Piazza Farnese
* Piazza del Popolo
* Piazza della Repubblica
* Piazza di Spagna
* Piramide Cestia
* Ponte Sant'Angelo
* Porta San Sebastiano
* Protestant Cemetery
* Sant'Agostino
* Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
* Sant'Andrea della Valle
* San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
* Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
* Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
* San Francesco a Ripa
* San Giovanni in Laterano
* San Gregorio Magno
* Sant'Ignazio di Loyola
* San Lorenzo in Lucina
* San Luigi dei Francesi
* Santa Maria della Concezione
* Santa Maria in Cosmedin
* Santa Maria in Domnica
* Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
* Santa Maria del Popolo
* Santa Maria in Trastevere
* Santa Maria della Vittoria
* San Pietro in Montorio
* San Pietro in Vincoli
* Santa Prassede
* Santa Pudenziana
* Santi Quattro Coronati
* Santa Sabina
* Santo Stefano Rotondo
* Teatro di Marcello
* Tempi di Vesta e della Fortuna Virilis
* Terme di Caracalla
* Testaccio
* Via Condotti
* Villa Farnesina
* Villa Giulia
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The beautifully restored Palazzo Massimo is a fine example of how Rome pulled out all the stops for the Holy Year (2000) and gave the national collection of ancient art and sculpture a setting it deserves. The upper floors are bursting with more archaeological goodies from the Roman age (2nd century BC to 4th century AD) such as some exquisite mosaics from Livia's palace and a superb marble statue of a discus thrower (a Roman copy of a 5th-century BC Greek bronze). It's definitely worth equipping yourself with a well-illustrated guidebook from the museum's excellent shop to negotiate your route around the extensive displays.
Spacious and airy rooms open onto a central courtyard, the exhibits are clearly labelled and each room has information sheets in English and Italian. You are greeted by a huge alabaster and basalt statue of Minerva, then follow several rooms of portrait busts from the 3rd to 1st centuries BC, painted friezes, mosaics, sarcophagi and intricately carved pedestals. An extensive collection of coins dating back to the 7th century BC is one of the highlights.
Address: 67 Piazza dei Cinquecento
Phone: 06 4890 3500
Open: Tue-Sat 9-7, Sun, hol 9-2
Bus: 36, 38, 40, 60, 64, 65, 105, 115, 170, 175, 310, 317, 319, 613, 714, 715, 910 to Termini
Metro: Termini
Accessible: Good
Admission: Moderate
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