An ancient Roman imperial palazzo atop the city's Palatine Hill was reopened to tourists on Thursday, nearly 50 years after its closure for restoration.
The nearly 2,000-year-old Domus Tiberiana was home to rulers in the ancient city's Imperial period. The sprawling palace allows for sweeping views of the Roman Forum below.
On the eve of the reopening, the official, Alfonsina Russo, quoted a first-century Roman poet as saying the sprawling palace seemed"infinite" and that"its grandiosity was just like the grandiosity of the sky." A visitor admires archeological finds inside the newly restored domus Tiberiana, one of the main imperial palaces, during the press preview on Rome's Palatine Hill, in Rome, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The Domus Tiberiana will reopen to the public on Sept. 21. Credit: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia
Visitors admire the newly restored domus Tiberiana, one of the main imperial palaces, during the press preview on Rome's Palatine Hill, in Rome, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The Domus Tiberiana will reopen to the public on Sept. 21. Credit: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia A window overlooks a fresco of flowers inside a lavatory of the newly restored domus Tiberiana, one of the main imperial palaces, during the press preview on Rome's Palatine Hill, in Rome, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The Domus Tiberiana will reopen to the public on Sept. 21. Credit: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia
The English word"palatial" is inspired by the sumptuous imperial residence atop the Palatine, one of ancient Rome's seven hills.. Besides the emperor's residence, the complex included gardens, places of worship, quarters for the Praetorian Guard that protected the ruler and a service district for workers that overlooked the Roman Forum.
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