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It was
the most impressive spa complex in Rome and of
the Roman world, it occupied a huge area between
the current Via Torino, Via Volturno,
Piazza dei Cinquecento and Via XX Settembre.
It was
made up of an extensive central area which held the
real bathing facility, which symmetrically arranged
according to the lower axis that included the swimming
pool, the frigidarium, the tepidarium
and of a series of different kinds of rooms, such as
a semicircular exedra with steps corresponding to
the current Piazza della Repubblica ex Piazza Esedra,
on whose sides there were the two rectangular halls
used as libraries; it presented a very rich decorative
display including sculptures, reliefs,
marble baths, valuable objects, etc. In 1561
a basilica inside the complex was dedicated to
the Madonna of the Angels with an attached convent,
designed by Michelangelo; with the passing of
time the rooms of the baths underwent numerous interventions
that altered their original function.
The interventions
culminated in the urban transformations associated with
the declaration of Rome as the capital of Italy
which involved further modifications to the complex,
in particular the construction of Via Cernaia that cuts
the structure in half and the construction of new buildings
in the surrounding area.
It has
been the headquarters of the section of Roman antiquities
since 1889.
The
cloister of the Carthusian Monastery of
S. Maria degli Angeli, whose design is attributed
to Michelangelo, has been completely restored after
a painstaking intervention that has made it possible
to emphasise its typology and the original finishing
touches.
The organisation
of the art works which occupy the four ambulatories
has also been redefined, they are placed on bases that
allow an optimum enjoyment of the sculptures.
The finds,
which come mostly from chance discoveries in different
parts of the urban and the suburban areas, are placed
according to conventional topographic criterion: inside
the Servian Walls, the consular roads,
the Tiber, etc.
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