Trevi in Roma in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Latium, Rome, Italy — Central Italy (Tyrrhenian Coast)
Auditoria di Adriano
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Hadrian's Auditoria
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
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.
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
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 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 & Archaeology • Education. 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.)
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