It’s official: TripAdvisor has crowned the Colosseum as 2019’s most popular monument in the world! Over the course of the past year, the number of tours booked at the Flavian Amphitheater and the site’s approval rating have surpassed those of Paris’s Louvre, which came in at a close second in the ranking. Conservation, fruition and... Read more »

Starting 1 January 2020, the Parco archeologico del Colosseo’s new ticketing system goes into effect, integrating the Imperial Forums into the various types of tickets and tours on offer with the renewed agreement between Roma Capitale, the Capitoline Superintendence and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. Introducing the FORUM PASS SUPER and FULL EXPERIENCE.

Not just archaeology: the Parco del Colosseo is also a place for health and wellness—states of being that come not only though contact with one’s natural surroundings but also through the enjoyment of locally cultivated and produced products.   With this goal in mind, the PArCo has gone forward with a series of projects in... Read more »

The new year has plenty in store at the Parco archeologico del Colosseo. The first event on the calendar is set for Tuesday, 7 January, for the inauguration of the new school year for the “Sapienza” University of Rome’s Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Architettonici e Paesaggistici: PArCo director Alfonsina Russo’s prolusion will be followed... Read more »

The month of December at the Parco archeologico del Colosseo is full of events! The days leading up to Christmas will be marked by three dates for families: the inauguration of the Colosseum Nativity, the kids’ workshop “Make your own label” and a Christmas story told by the Teatro Mobile theatre group. “Carthago Tuesdays” will... Read more »

As part of the exhibition CARTHAGO. The immortal myth and the ongoing Carthago Tuesdays at the Parco archeologico del Colosseo, the Curia Iulia in the Roman Forum will be host to the Study Day Phoenicians and Carthaginians: heritage and archaeological research in Sardinia on Tuesday, 26 November 2019. Organized by Director of the Parco archeologico... Read more »

Join us Friday, 8 November, at 16:30 in the monumental Curia Iulia in the Roman Forum, for the public presentation of the proceedings of the international study conference “Oltre Roma medio-repubblicana. Il Lazio fra i Galli e la Battaglia di Zama” (“Beyond Mid-Republican Rome. Latium between the Gauls and the Battle of Zama”), edited by... Read more »

Join us Wednesday, 30 October starting at 16:00 for the presentation of the project “Cura, cultura e bellezza. Prevenzione: il ruolo delle terapie integrate” (“Health, culture and beauty. Prevention: the role of integrated therapies”), marking the expansion of the collaboration between the MiBAC and Komen Italia with the Parco archeologico del Colosseo with a three-year... Read more »

The slopes of the Palatine are officially in the running to win the title of “Progetto ArtBonus dell’anno — 2020” (“ArtBonus project of the year — 2020”): until 12:00 on 7 January 2020, the voting is open for the Farnese Aviaries lighting project, in the area of the Horti Farnesiani, as best ArtBonus project of... Read more »

The Parco archeologico del Colosseo has a rich calendar of events in store for the month of November: “Carthago Tuesdays” continue with the calligraphic artist Nja Mahdaoui and the study day dedicated to Phoeno-Punic Sardinia; “Discussions about fashion — Ephimera” return after the resounding success of the first conference; the new conference series scheduled from... Read more »