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The Palatine Hill is one of the 7 Roman hills and is proved to be one of the oldest parts of the city.
It is situated in between the The Roman Forum , Circus Maximus and The Colosseum, and all these sights are close by our Myhotel Rome.

According to the legends here the twins Romulus and Remus were kept alive by a she-wolf until a shepherd found them and raised them together with his wife.Later Romulus decided to build a town on that hill-Rome.This is the place from where
the Roman Empire begun. The word “palace� comes from the latin word Palatium.

The view from the Palatine Hill is so amazing that back in the centuries it already attracted the attention and became an exclusive location to live in and the rich and powerful would build their palaces there.

The height of the hill reaches 230 feet(which is about 70 meters)
Over the centuries, the hill got eventually completely covered with beautiful buildings of famous Roman men and emperors and to name a few, Mark Antony, Cireron and Augustus(who was also born here) dwelled on the Palatine Hill in Rome.

It was believed that living on the hill meant breathing cleaner air and the danger from catching diseases from the lower working classes would be kept at bay.
According to archaeological digs the palatine Hill was inhabited in ancient times as far back as 10 century BC.

During the middle ages the Rome Palatine hill was owned by cardinal Alessandro Farnese.
Indeed, the ruins are from different periods of the history.
The palace of Septimus Severus (who ruled between 193-211 AD)
The so called stadium with the palace of Domitian.
The stadium might have been used also like a private imperial garden.
Famous palaces like Domus Augustina, Domus Flavia and the House of Livia(1st century BC)-home of emperor Augustus and his wife Livia.
Other ruins discovered are from the Temple of Cybele and Temple of Appollo.

On the Palatine Hill have been also the ruins of palace of Tiberius ( best known as palace of Caligula), built 1st century AD.

In 1550 cardinal Alessandro Farnese decided to fill the ruins up with soil in order to create a garden atop, also known as the Farnese Garden. It is connected to the Roman Forum through a few stair flights.

And if you are a lover of the ancient remains, then you will discover many statues and other artifacts which are on display at the Palatine Museum, definetely worth a visit while in Rome.

This stop is on the B line and is the last stop before Laurentina. There are some great museums in this area and they are not far from the metro stop. You can easily walk there and the large white obelisk in the traffic circle is right opposite to the museum complex which is on the right hand side.

An especially interesting museum, museo della Civilta’ Romana, or the museum of Roman Civilisation has a copy of Trajan’s Column which is laid out in sections that can be viewed really close up. The other great exhibition is the model of the ancient city of Rome. The detail is absolutely amazing and it gives you a very good idea of how the city looked. I had a lot of fun figuring out where all the places would be today and where my favourite gelateria and bar was.

The musueum price is 6.50 euro. It contains mostly replicas and casts of sculptures and other artifacts found in Rome and other parts of Italy. I went to the museum on Sunday so it was only open from 9 till 1 in the afternoon. On weekdays its open till 6:45. The best part is definetly the scale model of Rome. I spent at least half an hour in that room looking at it. It was absolutely fascinating.

I would only recommend going to the museum to see the column and the model. There is nothing else to see that is of any real significance except for the other scale models of buildings and temples found in Rome and other places like Pompei.

The area that the museums are located in looks nothing like that of the city centre or the other parts near the centre. This was designed as a modern metropolis envisioned by Mussolini but which somehow doesn’t quite look completed. While I was walking through the area I felt like I was somewhere in East Berlin or Russia. All the streets are wide tarred and straight. The buildings have been built in a very planned and specific way with columns and arches everywhere. Everything seems so ordered and tidy that you would not think you are in Rome unless you looked at the street names. This place is so un-Italian. It has none of the chaos, small crooked streets and careless town planning that the city centre has and where our Nice Hotel Rome is located.

 

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