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ancient Rome Markets of Trajan - museum of imperial
forum in rome
(Mercati di Traiano - Museo dei Fori Imperiali)
The imposing
structures of the Markets of Trajan are currently
the object of an important project which aims to consolidate
and restore them in order to house the Museum of
the Imperial Forums.
The
vast archaeological area has had a very complex
and varied history, which has been reconstructed thanks
to the various excavation campaigns which have taken
place since the 1990S and which are now nearing completion.
The large
number of sizeable findings deserve an appropriate exhibition
space, and the museum has been planned as the
combination into a single itinerary of the ancient
remains, which are visible in the open air in the
archaeological areas, and the fragments of their
architectural and sculptural decoration, which will
be exhibited in the spaces of the Markets of Trajan.
The exhibition
of the materials will be divided into five sections,
one for each of the five forum areas (Forum
of Caesar, Forum of Augustus, Temple of
Peace, Forum of Nerva and Forum of Trajan)
located at the various levels of the complex.
The
new museum is due to open in the summer of 2007,
and the current itinerary covers the archaeological
areas of the Forum and Markets of Trajan.
The
Forum of Trajan, inaugurated between 112 and 113
AD, is chronologically the last of the Imperial Forum,
and the most complex in design.
The
square was flanked by colonnades on the sides, and
with a statue of the emperor on horseback
in the middle.
At the
back it was sealed off by the Basilica Ulpia.
Trajan's
Column stood in a narrow courtyard behind the
basilica, with libraries on either side which had
colonnades on their fronts.
The
Markets of Trajan are a series of complex structures
on several levels which must have constituted an urban
quarter in themselves.
Attributed
to Apollodorus of Damascus, the complex
is crossed by a flagstone road which in late antiquity
acquired the name of the Via Biberatica.
The
buildings are located on either side of this road,
with cleverly laid out rooms in brick with various types
of vaulting.
The
spaces were used mainly as an official reception
centre by the administration.
The
main hall is of double height, and is vaulted with
six cross-braces.
The
sensation is one of air and light, as it must have
been in the halls of the basilicas.
The
idea, similar to that of the Eastern bazaar,
is comparable to the modern-day shopping centre.
On the
ground floor there were rows of six shops on each side,
and on the floor above these were fronted by a corridor.
The
south side of the hall leads to a series of spaces
on two levels which, given their set-back position,
must have served a different function within the complex:
perhaps the management offices for the entire structure.
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