Why bother to visit the Colosseum?
Even fewer people make it to the nearby museum in the Baths of Diocletian (less stunning for art, but some great material on early Rome, a beautiful Michelangelo Cloister -- and some extraordinary ancient terracotta scuptures, the medium everyone tends to forget ).But the prize for the best least visited museum must go to the Central Montemartini -- which huses some of the overspill from the Capitoline collections in a disused power station down the Via Ostiense past the Pyramid. First of all the juxtaposition of ancient sculpture and industrial machinery is brilliant (like Musée d'Orsay, only better). But it includes some real treasures (the pediment of the Temple of Apollo Sosianus -- a first century BC building which 're-used' a fifth century BC set of 'original' Greek sculptures; or the tremendous statues from the emperors' pleasure gardens in Rome. Stunning, and when we were there, we saw 2 other visitors.
And just outside Rome, there's the port city of Ostia . Now, this is not in truth quite as impressive as Pompeii or Herculaneum in terms of sheer survival (it was abandoned and gradually covered by sand, not taken out by an earthquake). But unlike Pompeii, you have the streets more or less to yourself, and you can get a feeling of what it was like to walk through a densely populated Roman town...with series blocks of flats built in brick (this was a multiple occupancy place unlike Pompeii...).
What could be done to entice people away from the 'big few' sites into these other amazing places? They all come fully recommended by me, but do a bit of googling before you go; the info available on site is not always all it might be. (Amanda Claridge's Archaeological Guide covers the city sites well too -- though doesnt do Ostia).
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But what has struck me as we have gone round the city of Rome is the mad concentration of tourism. Everyone wants to see the Colosseum, the Forum and Palatine (all those are on a combined ticket -- which you can buy online: good tip)), the Capitoline
Tourism, fueled mainly by interest in the city's ancient sites and artwork, is an important industry in Rome. The city is the third most visited European destination, right behind London and Paris. A recent study found that the Colosseum itself is
Moldova has been more associated in the press with political uprisings than tourism in recent years, but its place off the beaten track is only further argument to visit now, before this amiable capital plays hosts to tour parties and Starbucks.
the Taj Mahal in India and the Colosseum in Rome as the winners. Asked what benefits come from making it to the New Seven Wonders list and Puerto Princesa City Tourism Officer Rebecca Labit will point to international sources showing big numbers in
Della Valle also plans to sponsor trips to Rome for those who may not otherwise visit the iconic monument. He has sentimental reasons to take on this fixer-upper, he says. “I remember seeing the Colosseum for the first time when I was a young boy,” he
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Even fewer people make it to the nearby museum in the Baths of Diocletian (less stunning for art, but some great material on early Rome, a beautiful Michelangelo Cloister -- and some extraordinary ancient terracotta scuptures, the medium everyone tends to forget ).
But the prize for the best least visited museum must go to the Central Montemartini -- which huses some of the overspill from the Capitoline collections in a disused power station down the Via Ostiense past the Pyramid. First of all the juxtaposition of ancient sculpture and industrial machinery is brilliant (like Musée d'Orsay, only better). But it includes some real treasures (the pediment of the Temple of Apollo Sosianus -- a first century BC building which 're-used' a fifth century BC set of 'original' Greek sculptures; or the tremendous statues from the emperors' pleasure gardens in Rome. Stunning, and when we were there, we saw 2 other visitors.
And just outside Rome, there's the port city of Ostia . Now, this is not in truth quite as impressive as Pompeii or Herculaneum in terms of sheer survival (it was abandoned and gradually covered by sand, not taken out by an earthquake). But unlike Pompeii, you have the streets more or less to yourself, and you can get a feeling of what it was like to walk through a densely populated Roman town...with series blocks of flats built in brick (this was a multiple occupancy place unlike Pompeii...).
What could be done to entice people away from the 'big few' sites into these other amazing places? They all come fully recommended by me, but do a bit of googling before you go; the info available on site is not always all it might be. (Amanda Claridge's Archaeological Guide covers the city sites well too -- though doesnt do Ostia).
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