Part of a monumental ramp
entrance to the palaces of Roman emperors on the Palatine Hill
opened to the public on Tuesday for the first time, more than a
century after it was discovered.
The imperial ramp of Emperor Domitian, protected by huge
walls and flanked by storerooms, was built by the emperor in the
first century AD to serve as a majestic entrance into his
imperial palace, which it connected to the Roman Forum.
It will house a temporary exhibition running until January
10 of ancient Roman archaeological artefacts and 17th-century
art which survived the demolition of the Santa Maria Liberatrice
Church in 1900.
Another restored section linked to the Clivus Victoriae
('slope of victory'), an ancient road climbing the Palatine
Hill, is scheduled to be opened in March.
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