The Horti Farnesiani on the Palatine reopen to the public

After a long wait of 30 years, the Farnese Uccelliere, part of the Horti Farnesiani located on the Palatine Hill commissioned by Alessandro Farnese in the mid-16th century, reopen to the public.

Two sculptures, from the Farnese collection of the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, have returned to their original site for the first time: they are the kneeling Barbarian and Isis Fortuna. Also on display were the two huge Dacians progenitors that once decorated the entrance to the Rain Nymphaeum.

Colosseum Archaeological Park director Alfonsina Russo said: “Beyond the usual tourist circuit that takes visitors from the Colosseum to the Roman Forum, sometimes without the necessary time to savor the magic of the places, an alternative route is thus born, from the slow pace, in an unexpected garden, simultaneously real and imaginary, up to the belvedere already beloved by the Farnese family and that still allows to fill the eyes with the most authentic Beauty of Rome.”

On the occasion of the reopening of the Horti Farnesiani, the exhibition, curated by Giuseppe Morganti,"The Palatine and its Secret Garden. In the Fascination of the Horti Farnesiani," which can be visited by the public from March 21 to October 28, 2018.
An exhibition, promoted by Electa, which tells visitors about the history and transformations of the Horti, from the Via Nova to the Farnesian Uccelliere on the Palatine.

Source: Ansa - Adnkronos

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The Horti Farnesiani on the Palatine reopen to the public

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