Domus Tiberiana - Rome

The Domus Tiberiana complex stands on the western slope of the Palatine Hill archaeological area in Rome. We restored the frescoes of a Domus in the Republican area, on the Farnese Bastion, which date back to the I-II centuries A. D. and were only recently discovered. We restored the frescoes of a Domus in the Republican area, on the Farnese Bastion, which date back to the I-II centuries A.D. and were only recently discovered. The frescoes on the vault and walls of one room and on the walls of all the other rooms were covered in a light layer of lime. Scientific analyses and studies revealed that this layer dated from the Roman period (see section "Wall paintings"). When the domus was discovered, the decorated vault of one room that had collapsed was found lying on the ground. We restored the collapsed fragments of the vault and mounted them on new mobile supports.
(Photograph E. Fontolan)