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Auditoria di Adriano
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Hadrian's Auditoria

 
 
Auditoria di Adriano / Hadrian's Auditoria Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 24, 2023
1. Auditoria di Adriano / Hadrian's Auditoria Marker
Inscription.  Area archeologica composta dai resti di due grandi aule a gradoni con corridoio centrale. Il complesso monumentale originario, come ricostruito dagli scavi archeologici condotti in occasione dei lavori della Metropolitana di Roma linea C, era costituito da tre grandi aule tra loro comunicanti, rivestite di lastre di marmi policromi e coperte con volte a botte in stucco policromo, realizzate nella prima metà del II secolo d.C. dall'Imperatore Adriano (117-138 d.C.), come attestato da un bollo laterizio del 123 d.C. ivi rinvenuto. Identificati con l'Atheneum di Adriano, sorta di Università che I'Imperatore costruì a Roma, quale luogo destinato ad eventi culturali ed attività oratorie, di insegnamento o giudiziarie e politiche. Una base dedicatoria del Praefectus Urbi Fabius Felix Passifilus Paulinus attesta l'ultimo utilizzo pubblico degli Auditoria nel V sec. d.C. Nel VI sec. d.C. gli Auditoria sono ancora definiti ludus ingenuarum artium, ovvero luogo per l'esercizio delle arti liberali. Dopo il Vi secolo gli Auditoria vengono occupati da un'officina metallurgica per fusione delle leghe di rame; diventano area sepolcrale
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nel VII e VIII sec. d.C.; infine, nel IX sec. d.C., dopo un forte sisma, l'area viene abbondonata e nel XII-XIII sec. d.C. vengono impiantate alcune fornaci per ricavare calce dai marmi (calcare). Nella metà del XVI secolo gli Auditoria vengono inglobati nelle fondazioni dell'Ospedale dei Fornari, poi demolito nel 1871 nell'ambito di una generale opera di sistemazione della Piazza per la costruzione del Vittoriano. Nella sistemazione urbanistica della Via dell'Impero ad opera dell'Architetto Raffaele De Vico sul luogo in cui sorgevano gli Auditoria venne realizzata un'aiuola.

Fasi linea del tempo
125\135 d.C.
Auditoria Atheneum Hadriani

VI secolo d.C.
Officina metallurgica

VII-VIII secolo d.C.
Area sepolcrale

847 d.C.
Abbandono a causa di crolli per forte sisma

XII - XIII secolo d.C.
Impianto di 3 calcare

1564
Edificazione dell'Ospedale della Confraternita dei Fornari

1871
Demolizione dell'Ospedale

1885-1911
Grandi demolizioni nell'area per la costruzione del Vittoriano

1933
Giardini e aiuole di Via dei Fori Imperiali

2007-2011
Scavi Metro C

2021
Approvazione
The Auditoria di Adriano / Hadrian's Auditoria Marker in front of the Monument to Victor Emmanuel II image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 24, 2023
2. The Auditoria di Adriano / Hadrian's Auditoria Marker in front of the Monument to Victor Emmanuel II
del progetto definitivo Metro C con percorso fruitivo degli Auditoria direttamente dall'atrio della Stazione Venezia fino alla Basilica Ulpia - Colonna di Traiano (mediante tunnel di collegamento) e quindi al Foro Romano e Palatino.


English:
The archaeological area consists of the remains of two large, tiered halls with a central corridor. The original monumental complex, as reconstructed by the archaeological excavations carried out during the works of the Rome Metro Line C, consisted of three large, interconnected halls, covered with polychrome marble slabs and vaulted with polychrome stucco vaults, built in the first half of the 2nd century AD by Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD), as attested by a brick stamp from 123 AD found there. They have been identified with Hadrian's Atheneum, a kind of university that the emperor wanted to build in Rome as a place for cultural events and oratorical, teaching, or judicial and political activities. A dedicatory base by Praefectus Urbi Fabius Felix Passifilus Paulinus attests the last public use of the Auditoria in the 5th century AD. In the 6th century AD, the Auditoria are still referred to as "ludus ingenuarum artium", i.e., a place for the exercise of the liberal arts. After the 6th century AD, the Auditoria are occupied by a metallurgical workshop for smelting copper alloys; they become
Auditoria di Adriano / Hadrian's Auditoria Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 24, 2023
3. Auditoria di Adriano / Hadrian's Auditoria Marker
The view of the ruins from the marker.
a burial area in the 7th and 8th centuries; finally, in the 9th century AD, after a strong earthquake, the area is abandoned and in the 12th-13th centuries a number of furnaces for extracting lime from marble (limekilns) are established. In the mid-16th century the Auditoria were incorporated into the foundations of the Ospedale dei Fornari, later demolished in 1871 as part of a general redevelopment of the square for the construction of the Vittoriano. In the urban planning of Via dell'Impero by architect Raffaele De Vico, a flowerbed was built on the site of the Auditoria.

Timeline phases
125\135 AD
Auditoria Atheneum Hadriani

6th century AD
Metallurgical workshop

7th-8th century AD
Burial area

847 AD
Abandonment due to collapse caused by strong earthquake

12th-13th century AD
Establishment of 3 limekilns

1564
Construction of the Ospedale della Confraternita dei Fornari

1871
Demolition of the Ospedale

1885-1911
Major demolition in the area for the construction of the Vittoriano

1933
Gardens and flowerbeds in Via dei Fori Imperiali

2007-2011
Metro C excavations

2021
Approval
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of the final Metro C project with the Auditoria's fruition route directly from the atrium of Venezia Station to the Basilica Ulpia - Trajan's Column (through a connecting tunnel) and then to the Roman Forum and Palatine.

 
Erected by ParCo Archeologico del Colosseo.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & ArchaeologyEducation. A significant historical year for this entry is 1871.
 
Location. 41° 53.751′ N, 12° 29.009′ E. Marker is in Roma, Lazio (Latium, Rome), in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It is in Trevi. It is at the intersection of Piazza della Madonna di Loreto and Foro Traiano on Piazza della Madonna di Loreto. The marker is located along the southeast corner of the intersection of the archaeological ruins. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Roma, Lazio 00187, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Schengen Area, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire and specifically also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Chiesa di Santa Maria di Loreto / Church of Santa Maria of Loreto (within shouting distance of this marker); Palazzo Valentini (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Auditoria di Adriano / Hadrian's Auditoria (within shouting distance of this marker); Italian government officially recognized Czech-Slovakia (within shouting distance of this marker); Michelangelo’s House (within shouting distance of this marker); Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia / National Museum of Palazzo Venezia (within shouting distance of this marker); Vittoriano (within shouting distance of this marker); Foro di Traiano / Forum of Trajan (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roma.
 
More about this marker. There is a second duplicate marker on the northwestern corner of the archeological ruins.
 
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.
 
Also see . . .  Athenaeum (ancient Rome). Wikipedia
The Athenaeum was a school (ludus) founded by the Emperor Hadrian for the promotion of literary and scientific studies (ingenuarum artium). The name "Athenaeum" came from the city of Athens, which was still regarded as the seat of intellectual refinement. The Athenaeum was situated near the Capitoline Hill: its site was discovered in 2009 during excavation for the construction of the Rome Metro C Line, in the middle of what is now Piazza Venezia.
(Submitted on September 24, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 218 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 24, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
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