The Colosseum Archaeological Park is opening to the public for the first time the Horrea Piperataria, the warehouses of “Egyptian and Arabian spices” currently located under the Basilica of Maxentius and built at the behest of the emperor Domitian on the south-west slopes of the Velia hill, which no longer exists today.
The new exhibition, which presents the results of scientific investigations recently conducted by the PArCo in collaboration with Sapienza University of Rome, proposes a stratigraphic path of rediscovery of the horrea, using as a trait d'union a suspended glass walkway, superimposed on the archaeological excavation.
The warehouses will be open to visitors for the first time thanks to a new entrance located on the ancient vicolo delle Carinae, which has also been completely renovated and is also accessible to people with disabilities, equipped with new signage and accessible from the Roman Forum to the view of the Temple of Peace.
Photo credits: official poster of the event
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