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I am Monticiana, I was born in Rome, and
I love this Ward
and all the features it offers us
this was not a Roman "domus"
but the gardens of Maecenas
the gardens were the villas of today
There were great water games dedicated to the nymphs
that they were semi- divinity of nature
as I said the environment was buried then accessed via the ramp that we have come
we are outside the city walls, "ex quilia"
in this area there was a cemetery
a cemetery for the common people and animals
with Octavian, the area was redeveloped
and drained
and Maecenas
who was an adviser of Octavian
he built his own villa
What remains of Orti Pinciani is the temple of Minerva Medica
which is the circular temple that we see from Termini station
from the rail trail
which is in a state of neglect , in reality that was a nymphaeum, the nymphaeum of the Orti Pinciani
The heart of Monti is
Madonna dei Monti, where there is a church
below in San Martino ai Monti we have one of the most important titles in Rome
that is one of the most important places
in the history of the Christian religion
We're talking about the first Christian organization
that were present in these securities
that were present in these securities
why they are called titles?
because outside of the domus was the owner's name , the title
Equitius gave the house , Sylvester organized worship
We are in the heart of Christian worship
where the first Christians began their activity
We are in the domus ecclesia
then in place dedicated to the worship
is a basilica
of three naves
we can see
the remains of the frescoes original of the fourth and fifth centuries
that reproduce
the sacred representations
at that time , even the appearance pictorial , symbolic
This is the fourth style , latest style
is the one that contains a bit ' all other
and it is just a sort of
if we compare
We can liken it a bit ' to Rococo
because it includes a bit 'all those who were the first three styles
and all those decorations that are also in the domus aurea
which then were taken
in 1500 and those that are grotesque
what it could be down here we'll know only when you can do some further excavations
we are touching the walls
dating back to the sixth century BC
the entire city of Rome is based on these walls
from the first wall and then others appeared
including the entire perimeter of the city
Good evening, I'm architect Monica Cecchini
sorry to bother you but I called the superintendent and they told me to ask you if you can open up
I do not have the key
No, just the door
Thank you!
As you can see here we are inside a private wine cellar
you saw that just by ringing a bell
and requesting the opening of a door
we are now in front of the Ara
of Mercury Sober
an altar to
the fourth century before Christ
so we're talking about more than 2300 years
on a podium there was the Ara
where they were made
sacrifices dedicated to the Lares
but where were made these sacrifices?
they were performed at the crossroads of two roads , which is precisely here
The convent of Saint Lucia includes within one of those very few
sacred wheels that have remained in Rome. What were the wheels? They were
those wooden tools where
were abandoned children
This is the staircase of the Borgias also called " vicus scelleratus ." The legend says that here Tullia daughter of Servius Tullius with the chariot passed over the corpse of his father
Here we are in the nymphaeum of a domus of the Republican era
dating from around 50 BC. The remarkable thing about this is that nymphaeum has retained all the original decorations