Paris1972-Versailles2003

I am going now to tell you about an off the beaten path monument of Rome, if you think they are found, yes they do, In eternal Roma , I have come here several times and with the family on a long vacation, we had enjoyed much, The architecture, history, are wonderful all over, many nice things to see that are worth visiting. Therefore, let me update this older post with new text and links on the wonderful Via Ostiense museum at Porta San Paolo in Rome !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The Via Ostiense museum is located at Porta San Paolo or Porta Ostiense in Rome. There are exhibited important finds relating to the ancient Via Ostiense connecting route between Rome and Ostia and a model depicting the ancient city of Ostia. The Porta San Paolo or gate of St Paul is the gate of the Aurelian wall ,and the beginning of the street Via Ostiense that connects Rome to Ostia. The Via Ostiense museum was built in 1954 to illustrate the topography of the area between Rome and Ostia. It is set up inside Porta San Paolo and there are exhibited the most important finds, found in the last 40 years of excavations, related to the Via Ostiense, that is to the territory between Rome and Ostia. It contains numerous objects of daily life, marble and terracotta reliefs, sculptures inspired by oriental cults, Roman copies of Greek and Hellenistic originals, a large repertoire of imperial portraits and sarcophagi , relevant to that of a child with dancing putti, paintings and mosaics, including the one in “opus sectile” 4C.

I like to get into the architecture if I may, with the help of the Rome tourist office, The First Hall: This room is located on the first floor of the west tower of Porta San Paolo. A model depicting Ostia built by Italo Gismondi in the 1930s and an oil painting by G. Marelli depicting Via Ostiense and the territory that from Rome reached the sea

The Galleria della Saracinesca (or rolling shutter gallery).  There are three acropolis built in the 3C BC originating from a tomb at the Basilica of San Paolo outside the walls. They represent: Prometheus who creates man, a pheasant and a peacock, who in Christian symbolism want to symbolize the afterlife. Also in the same room there is a cast of the milestone of the 11th mile of the Via Ostiense dating back to the 3C BC. Oil paintings  related to a sepulcher of Saint Paul and various funerary objects in the same area

Second room: There is a model that reconstructs the hexagonal port of Trajan and the port of Claudius. Through the Cella Muroniana you cross the external walkway from which you can admire a view of the Pyramid of Cestius. Third Room: It is used as an exhibition hall and / or conference room. Furthermore, there is a structure dating back to the 18C representing the ancient duty, later restored. In the garden in front of the entrance there are some funerary marble ruins from the imperial era found in the same Via Ostiense. As it is really off the beaten path, here is some practical information on it. The Museum of the Via Ostiense is located at Via Raffaele Persichetti 1 | San Saba, Rome.

The Rome tourist office on the museum of the Via Ostiense : https://www.turismoroma.it/en/node/139

The Special Superintendence Archeology- Fine arts and landscape of Rome on the museum : https://www.soprintendenzaspecialeroma.it/schede/st-paul-s-gate-and-museum-of-the-ostian-way_3023/

There you go , you are all set for a nice tour of this off the beaten path of Rome. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Via Ostiense museum of Rome !! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!