A small part of the upper story of the octagonal court survives which has a light-well to provide light to the floor below, two small courtyards with fountains, and a colonnade running along one side of a large ornamental pool.Some Rights Reserved (2009-2020) under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license unless otherwise noted.Ancient History Encyclopedia Foundation is a non-profit organization. . . With this same ideology, 60 years later, Emperor Hadrian built the gigantic Villa Tiburtina 30 km from Rome.You cant miss in your visit to Rome a walk by its squares, Spain Square that is very close to the shopping street of Via Condotti. It replaced and extended his Domus Transitoria that he had built as his first palace complex on the site. Most of the Domus itself was swallowed up by Trajan’s Baths (A.D.104-9). The Domus Aurea. To have enough space for the project the emperor - already unpopular due to accusations of a slow response to the fire and even possibly having started it - seized large areas of land owned by aristocrats and even carved into the Oppian hillside in the building's rear. The famous fire that in A.D. 64 destroyed the center of Rome and the History attributed to Nero, gave the extravagant emperor the opportunity to have the Domus Aurea built. (During Nero's reign, the Colosseum had not yet been built. It is estimated that the Domus Aurea occupied about 50 hectares between the hills of the Palatine and the Esquiline with a total area of 25 times that of the Colosseum. Most of the walls were covered in frescoes, the rooms finished in white marble with shapes that played with light. )I just love this story. The Domus Aurea was probably never completed. The Trojan Laocoon was strangled by sea snakes with his two sons. And it was even better than before.There was a shaky year of the four emperors, where the first 3 after Nero kept getting killed one after the next. Come up to the viewpoint terrace, Terrace of the Quadrigas and enjoys the best panoramic views of Rome, in particular of the archaeological zone of the Ancient Rome. Last admission at 3.45 pm.The tour lasts about 1 hour and 20 minutes.Today it's underground, but when Nero built and used it, it was on ground level. It was built for a dual purpose. After a major fire in 64 AD. Have it arrive on your mobile device? According to Tripadvisor travelers, these are the best ways to experience Domus Aurea: Domus Aurea Tour, The Golden House of Nero with 3D Virtual Reality (From $64.84) Nero's Golden House VR tour+ exhibition "Raffaello and the Domus Aurea" (From $60.60) … After a major fire in 64 AD. Pin it here!During the week, they are actively working on excavating and restoring the site, so you cannot visit it then.Originally, it was thought that Nero's villa was simply a gigantic place for entertainment, as they had not found sleeping quarters. Nero built this impressive palace complex, which you can now visit with a VR tour. He said (something like), hmmm, let's fill in that pond and make a cool arena we can use for spectator sports. Today you can see what's left of those baths in the Colle Oppio.Well, I was right. The first was as a official residence for Nero. The Domus Aurea also had pools and fountains that echoed the sound of water in the hallways.Did you know that the Domus Aurea had 300 rooms?
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