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Fig. 2.
The Great Hall of the
Museum of the Imperial
Forum.
Taken from the
site: http://www.
mercatiditraiano.
it/percorsi/
galleriafotografica
These actions are part of a series of works of restoration and revaluation
that led to the creation of the Museum of Fori Imperiali, in the
same architectural complex, and to the renovation in the sense of a
new and intelligent use, of the hemicycle of the Traiano’s Markets,
of the Biberatica street and the tabernae that face on it. The Traiano’s
Markets, compounds from the ancient tabernae that face on the big
semi-circle of the Ulpian street and along the Biberatica street, developing
on different levels, emanate from the hall consisting of the
large classroom. The great hall, the wider environment on which
appear two levels of halls, is the heart of the Museum of Imperial
Markets (fig. 2). It is a museum who lives on the interior of archeological
area and is itself an integral part of that. The tabernae are organized
around the street Ulpian, and on a higher level, around the
street Biberatica, that at the time of the roman civilization is a shopping
street full of people, life, goods. Beside that stood the Ulpian
Basilica, and the Forum of the Traiano Emperor, characterized by
the Ulpian Basilica, by the Temple of Peace and by the Temple
of Mars Ultor. All of these buildings dates back to the era of the
empire of Traiano, are found remains dating from the year 96 AD
to year 115 AD. During the recent restoration, it was possible to
recover archaeological ruins and sculptures, whose inclusion in the
cycle of the new museum exhibition, has resulted in a production of
the most interesting archaeological sites in present day, which has
combined the modernity of the use of the latest technologies and
materials to the evocative power of the Roman ruins and of their history.
The location of ancient sculptures and pieces within the same
environments of Traiano Markets, has caused sow the rediscovery
and the restoration of this archaeological site and the assimilation
of the entire complex to a collective use multiple and present, also
conducted with the support of information and multimedia systems.
The outdoor areas have also been revived and animated by
a varied and active use, characterized by paths, platforms and a
pleasant night lighting. The halls of the Museum are characterized
by an organization for themes, starting with a room dedicated to
the projections, on which are showed videos that propose historical
reconstructions of big value informative and evocative.
The exhibition spaces of the Museum: the rooms inside and the outside
The Museum’s classrooms follow the structure of the ancient complex
of Traiano’s Markets: they develop on either side of the great
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