Colosseum Archaeological Park 2023

Inauguration of panoramic lift at the Colosseum

May 30^th, 2023

An exciting inauguration for the Colosseum’s new panoramic lift, born out of the synergy between the Colosseum Archaeological Park and the Orchestra Italiana del Cinema. It will be open to the public from June 2023, allowing all visitors of the Park to reach the highest levels of the cavea.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony, which took place in the presence of Culture Minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano, was preceded by a special performance by the Italian Cinema Orchestra, which performed to the unforgettable notes of Oscar winner Hans Zimmer.

Inauguration of the exhibition "L’Amato di Iside. Nerone, la Domus Aurea e l’Egitto" at the Domus Aurea

June 22nd, 2023

The exhibition “L’Amato di Iside. Nerone, la Domus Aurea e l’Egitto” was conceived and organised by the Colosseum Archaeological Park, with the curatorship of Alfonsina Russo, Francesca Guarneri, Stefano Borghini and Massimiliana Pozzi. It was inaugurated on June 22^nd, 2023, and it will remain open until January 14^th, 2024, inside the Domus Aurea.

The exhibition consists of more than 150 artworks with the collaboration of numerous museums and lending institutions. It represents an important opportunity to present to the general public new and evocative aspects of the history of ancient Rome, in particular the link between Rome and Egypt in the 1^st century A.D. through the figure of an emperor, Nerone, who established a special relationship with the East and Egypt from a very young age.

The protagonist of this story is the Domus Aurea, the “House of Gold”, the gold of the Sun Divinity with whom Nerone identified himself according to a vision that was precisely oriental in nature.