The Palatine hill preserves the remains of Iron Age settlements connected with the earliest core of the city of Rome. The hill was home to important civic cults, including the Magna Mater (Cybele) and, between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, it became the residential district of the Roman aristocracy, with elegant houses characterised by exceptional painted and paved decorations, such as those preserved in the House of the Griffins. Augustus symbolically chose the hill as the site of his own house, which consisted of several buildings, including the House of Livia. Later the hill became the site of the imperial palaces: the Domus Tiberiana, the Domus Transitoria and then the Domus Aurea, and finally the Domus Flavia, divided into a public and private sector, the latter being known as the Domus Augustana. From their complex and partly overlapping plans, it is possible to understand how the different residences were connected to each other partly by underground passages, often richly decorated, of which the Neronian Cryptoporticus remains one of the best preserved examples. The presence of the imperial residences on the hill gave rise to a process of identification. In this way the toponym Palatium came, in modern languages, to mean a royal palace.
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Valid 24h, for a single access to the Colosseum (first and second order) without the arena and a single access to the archaeological areas of the Roman Forum-Palatine and the Imperial Fora, including the ongoing exhibitions
Ticket valid for a single access to the archaeological areas of the Roman Forum, Imperial Fora and Palatine, including the ongoing exhibitions. No Colosseum
Ticket valid for 2 consecutive days, for a single access to the Colosseum (with underground and arena) and a single access to the archaeological areas of the Roman Forum, the Palatine and the Imperial Fora and the SUPER sites. This includes current exhibitions
Ticket valid for 2 consecutive days for one access only to the Colosseum (attic and panoramic lift included) and for one access only to the archaeological areaa of the Roman Forum, Palatine, Imperial Fora, SUPER sites. Including ongoing exhibitions
Ticket valid for 2 consecutive days for one access to the Colosseum (arena included) and for one access to the archaeological areas of the Roman Forum, Palatine, Imperial Fora, SUPER sites. This includes current exhibitions
Ticket valid 24 hours, for a single access only to the arena of the Colosseum lasting 20 minutes and a single access to the archaeological areas of the Roman Forum, the Palatine and the Imperial Fora and the SUPER sites, including the ongoing exhibitions
Roma, Via di San Gregorio 30
Metro: Line B stop Colosseo
Bus: n. 51, 75, 81, 85, 87, 118
Tram: n. 3
