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Lusso privato nella tarda antichità : le piccole terme di Palazzo Valentini e un pavimento in opus sectile con motivi complessi, 2017
Atti Della Pontificia Accademia Romana Di Archeologia Rendiconti, 2009
Archeologia Classica, 2013
La Ciutat En El Mon Roma La Ciudad En El Mundo Romano Xiv Congreso Internacional Tarragona 5 Al 11 9 1993 Actas Vol 2 1994 Isbn 84 88882 09 2 Pags 43 47, 1994
Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2015
Palazzo Valentini, a historical site of Rome's Provincial Administration, is located at the heart... more Palazzo Valentini, a historical site of Rome's Provincial Administration, is located at the heart of the city. The building was purchased in 1827 by Vincenzo Valentini, a banker and consul general of the Prussian Crown. In 1939, with the outbreak of World War II, a fully self-contained, air-raid shelter was built under the courtyard, with an exit tunnel heading onto the Trajan's Forum. Archaeological investigations started in 2005 in view of a simple rehabilitation work of the underground level. As work progressed, the sample-plots brought to light new archaeological findings: relics of a huge temple and what remained of two residential houses with thermal baths. We therefore designed an exhibition space with glass surfaces to allow visitors to appreciate the findings while following a path through historical ages: from the 16th-century courtyard to the underground Roman domus (the sumptuous houses of senators and dignitaries of the Roman Empire), with private baths, to the remains of a Roman temple, and all the way to the Trajan's Column pedestal by way of the air-raid shelter. Virtual reconstructions, graphic effects, and movies are the means used to revive the hypothetical original appearance of the environments and the daily life of that epoch in order to help us build a prototype of an on-site museum of the third millennium.
Per l'articolo completo è possibile contattare l'autore all'indirizzo: baldassarri.paola@libero.it
Le indagini dalla Provincia di Roma nel 2005 e nel 2011 nei settori ovest e sud degli interrati d... more Le indagini dalla Provincia di Roma nel 2005 e nel 2011 nei settori ovest e sud
degli interrati di Palazzo Valentini hanno messo in luce strutture riferibili a
un unico contesto architettonico che, per qualità dell’esecuzione, tipologia,
orientamento analogo a quello del Foro Traiano, dimensioni, datazione all’inizio
dell’età adrianea, può ritenersi pertinente al podio di un grande tempio
a ridosso e completamento verso nord del Foro Traiano, identificabile con il
templum Divi Traiani et Divae Plotinae.
Le indagini archeologiche in corso, avviate nel 2005 nei sotterranei di Palazzo Valentini a Roma ... more Le indagini archeologiche in corso, avviate nel 2005 nei sotterranei di Palazzo Valentini a Roma nell'ambito di un vasto progetto di restauro e rifunzionalizzazione degli ambienti interrati, vanno mettendo in luce il qua-dro articolato di un quartiere residenziale di lusso in funzione dall'inizio del II a tutto il V sec. d.C. al margine settentrionale del Foro Traiano, che si connota per la presenza di due domus signorili (cd. domus A e B) della Roma imperiale, in un'area all'origine presumibilmente pubblica e sistemata in concomitanza con la realizzazione del Foro Traiano. Costruite nell'ambi-to del II sec., entrambe presentano una radicale ristrutturazione nel corso del IV, epoca alla quale appartengono i mosaici pavimentali e i rivestimenti sia parietali che pavimentali in opus sectile in ottimo stato di conservazione. In questa fase almeno la domus B, alla quale potrebbe appartenere un com-plesso termale rinvenuto all'angolo nord-ovest del Palazzo, sembra avere una vastità e un'articolazione complessa dei suoi vari settori, tipica delle grandi domus tardoantiche di Roma. Se una serie di marmi policromi pro-venienti dall'area nordafricana sono presenti nell'area indagata sotto forma di sectilia di riutilizzo o di scheggioni di colonne rinvenuti in giacitura se-condaria e presumibilmente provenienti da contesti pubblici ancora da indi-viduare, una presenza " africana " anche se solo a livello di ispirazione e di tradizione iconografica, sembra invece chiaramente percepibile nella compo-sizione del mosaico policromo rinvenuto nel triclinio della domus A, che presenta solo limitati confronti in area romano-urbana e trova consonanze con mosaici nordafricani anche antecedenti.
The archaeological excavations at Palazzo Valentini, Rome, began in 2005 in some rooms at the und... more The archaeological excavations at Palazzo Valentini, Rome, began in 2005 in some rooms at the underground level and represent the first phase of an articulated project of restoring and taking a new function of the area.The excavations 2005-2009 have been conducted in three different areas: on the west side of the palace; on the east
side; at the NW corner of the palace. In the first area the limited excavation has revealed some walls in opus latericium of the beginning of the Hadrianic period, probably related to a public building, whose function has not yet been discerned. In the other two areas the excavations have disclosed part of a high residential headquarter of the mid- and late Empire “in the shade” of the Trajan’s Forum. On the east side of the palace the research has revealed a continue series of building phases between the 1st and the 5th century A.D. The most important remains belong to two rich domus of the mid- and late Empire, called domus A and B, that between the end of the 3th and the middle of the 4th century were refurbished with internal decoration in opus sectile, incrustationes and mosaics. In particular a polychrome mosaic dating to
the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 4th century in a triclinium of the domus A is analysed: its central area has a geometric pattern with rotae sericae filled out by geometric and figured motifs. The African origin of the typology during the 3rd century and its diffusion first in Italy, after in the western and at last in the eastern provinces, joins with the presence of figured elements, which are numerous in late phases and especially diffused in the Greek-Illyrian and oriental sphere.
At the NW corner of the palace a thermal complex, with a series of building phases at least from the 3rd to the 5th century, but with a superb renovation during the first half of the 4th century, can be connected in a single residential context with the domus B. Here also floors and walls were covered by opus sectile decoration and the barrel vault of the frigidarium was probably decorated with a mosaic.
The owners and the possible tenants of the two domus, which rise in the centre of the Urbs, adjoining the Imperial Fora, big and articulated in various sectors and a large number of rooms according to the typical plans of the important late antique domus, are surely senators and high level dignitaries.
Recent excavations carried out under Palazzo Valentini by the équipe of the Provincia di Roma rai... more Recent excavations carried out under Palazzo Valentini by the équipe of the Provincia di Roma raised the need to resume discussion about the existence of the Templum Divi Traiani et Divae Plotinae. The investigation along the west side revealed four underground rooms of
the early age of Hadrian, which presumably belonged to the podium of a temple lying North to the court of the Trajan’s Column: perhaps, indeed, the temple of the divi Trajan and Plotina. In the area of Palazzo Valentini a great number of architectural elements have been found since the 16th century that can be ascribed to this temple. Other structures linked to
the temple appeared during geognostic investigations along the perimeter of Palazzo Valentini and in the cellars on the south side.
Lusso privato nella tarda antichità : le piccole terme di Palazzo Valentini e un pavimento in opus sectile con motivi complessi, 2017
Atti Della Pontificia Accademia Romana Di Archeologia Rendiconti, 2009
Archeologia Classica, 2013
La Ciutat En El Mon Roma La Ciudad En El Mundo Romano Xiv Congreso Internacional Tarragona 5 Al 11 9 1993 Actas Vol 2 1994 Isbn 84 88882 09 2 Pags 43 47, 1994
Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2015
Palazzo Valentini, a historical site of Rome's Provincial Administration, is located at the heart... more Palazzo Valentini, a historical site of Rome's Provincial Administration, is located at the heart of the city. The building was purchased in 1827 by Vincenzo Valentini, a banker and consul general of the Prussian Crown. In 1939, with the outbreak of World War II, a fully self-contained, air-raid shelter was built under the courtyard, with an exit tunnel heading onto the Trajan's Forum. Archaeological investigations started in 2005 in view of a simple rehabilitation work of the underground level. As work progressed, the sample-plots brought to light new archaeological findings: relics of a huge temple and what remained of two residential houses with thermal baths. We therefore designed an exhibition space with glass surfaces to allow visitors to appreciate the findings while following a path through historical ages: from the 16th-century courtyard to the underground Roman domus (the sumptuous houses of senators and dignitaries of the Roman Empire), with private baths, to the remains of a Roman temple, and all the way to the Trajan's Column pedestal by way of the air-raid shelter. Virtual reconstructions, graphic effects, and movies are the means used to revive the hypothetical original appearance of the environments and the daily life of that epoch in order to help us build a prototype of an on-site museum of the third millennium.
Per l'articolo completo è possibile contattare l'autore all'indirizzo: baldassarri.paola@libero.it
Le indagini dalla Provincia di Roma nel 2005 e nel 2011 nei settori ovest e sud degli interrati d... more Le indagini dalla Provincia di Roma nel 2005 e nel 2011 nei settori ovest e sud
degli interrati di Palazzo Valentini hanno messo in luce strutture riferibili a
un unico contesto architettonico che, per qualità dell’esecuzione, tipologia,
orientamento analogo a quello del Foro Traiano, dimensioni, datazione all’inizio
dell’età adrianea, può ritenersi pertinente al podio di un grande tempio
a ridosso e completamento verso nord del Foro Traiano, identificabile con il
templum Divi Traiani et Divae Plotinae.
Le indagini archeologiche in corso, avviate nel 2005 nei sotterranei di Palazzo Valentini a Roma ... more Le indagini archeologiche in corso, avviate nel 2005 nei sotterranei di Palazzo Valentini a Roma nell'ambito di un vasto progetto di restauro e rifunzionalizzazione degli ambienti interrati, vanno mettendo in luce il qua-dro articolato di un quartiere residenziale di lusso in funzione dall'inizio del II a tutto il V sec. d.C. al margine settentrionale del Foro Traiano, che si connota per la presenza di due domus signorili (cd. domus A e B) della Roma imperiale, in un'area all'origine presumibilmente pubblica e sistemata in concomitanza con la realizzazione del Foro Traiano. Costruite nell'ambi-to del II sec., entrambe presentano una radicale ristrutturazione nel corso del IV, epoca alla quale appartengono i mosaici pavimentali e i rivestimenti sia parietali che pavimentali in opus sectile in ottimo stato di conservazione. In questa fase almeno la domus B, alla quale potrebbe appartenere un com-plesso termale rinvenuto all'angolo nord-ovest del Palazzo, sembra avere una vastità e un'articolazione complessa dei suoi vari settori, tipica delle grandi domus tardoantiche di Roma. Se una serie di marmi policromi pro-venienti dall'area nordafricana sono presenti nell'area indagata sotto forma di sectilia di riutilizzo o di scheggioni di colonne rinvenuti in giacitura se-condaria e presumibilmente provenienti da contesti pubblici ancora da indi-viduare, una presenza " africana " anche se solo a livello di ispirazione e di tradizione iconografica, sembra invece chiaramente percepibile nella compo-sizione del mosaico policromo rinvenuto nel triclinio della domus A, che presenta solo limitati confronti in area romano-urbana e trova consonanze con mosaici nordafricani anche antecedenti.
The archaeological excavations at Palazzo Valentini, Rome, began in 2005 in some rooms at the und... more The archaeological excavations at Palazzo Valentini, Rome, began in 2005 in some rooms at the underground level and represent the first phase of an articulated project of restoring and taking a new function of the area.The excavations 2005-2009 have been conducted in three different areas: on the west side of the palace; on the east
side; at the NW corner of the palace. In the first area the limited excavation has revealed some walls in opus latericium of the beginning of the Hadrianic period, probably related to a public building, whose function has not yet been discerned. In the other two areas the excavations have disclosed part of a high residential headquarter of the mid- and late Empire “in the shade” of the Trajan’s Forum. On the east side of the palace the research has revealed a continue series of building phases between the 1st and the 5th century A.D. The most important remains belong to two rich domus of the mid- and late Empire, called domus A and B, that between the end of the 3th and the middle of the 4th century were refurbished with internal decoration in opus sectile, incrustationes and mosaics. In particular a polychrome mosaic dating to
the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 4th century in a triclinium of the domus A is analysed: its central area has a geometric pattern with rotae sericae filled out by geometric and figured motifs. The African origin of the typology during the 3rd century and its diffusion first in Italy, after in the western and at last in the eastern provinces, joins with the presence of figured elements, which are numerous in late phases and especially diffused in the Greek-Illyrian and oriental sphere.
At the NW corner of the palace a thermal complex, with a series of building phases at least from the 3rd to the 5th century, but with a superb renovation during the first half of the 4th century, can be connected in a single residential context with the domus B. Here also floors and walls were covered by opus sectile decoration and the barrel vault of the frigidarium was probably decorated with a mosaic.
The owners and the possible tenants of the two domus, which rise in the centre of the Urbs, adjoining the Imperial Fora, big and articulated in various sectors and a large number of rooms according to the typical plans of the important late antique domus, are surely senators and high level dignitaries.
Recent excavations carried out under Palazzo Valentini by the équipe of the Provincia di Roma rai... more Recent excavations carried out under Palazzo Valentini by the équipe of the Provincia di Roma raised the need to resume discussion about the existence of the Templum Divi Traiani et Divae Plotinae. The investigation along the west side revealed four underground rooms of
the early age of Hadrian, which presumably belonged to the podium of a temple lying North to the court of the Trajan’s Column: perhaps, indeed, the temple of the divi Trajan and Plotina. In the area of Palazzo Valentini a great number of architectural elements have been found since the 16th century that can be ascribed to this temple. Other structures linked to
the temple appeared during geognostic investigations along the perimeter of Palazzo Valentini and in the cellars on the south side.