ROME, April 22 - Since this city was not built in a day, it is perhaps unsurprising that a plan to house Caesar Augustus's Ara Pacis, or altar of peace, in a new museum has taken 10 years to be ...

After the previous cultural outings carried out as part of the project, the group participated in a visit to the Ara Pacis.

One thing you learn quickly in Rome is that there is not a lot of contemporary architecture in the historic center. Newer high profile works tend to be clumped at the edges, like Renzo Piano’s Parco ...

Finally! . It's been closed ~7 yrs now. And of course I'll miss it's opening by a month . I bypassed this site on my 1st visit and have been trying to see it 6 times since then. April 21 is a holiday ...

Witness the final days of Augustus and the creation of the Ara Pacis, exploring how the first emperor crafted his image and maintained absolute power while presenting himself as Rome’s restorer of ...

In 13BC the Emperor Augustus marched home from three years of imposing peace on his formerly fractious empire, and the Senate promptly commissioned a monument to mark his achievements. Four years ...

When it comes to high-profile public architecture, Richard Meier is about as safe a pair of hands as you could hope for. For the past four decades, he has been turning out restrained but conspicuous ...

War memorials around the world tend to be country-specific in honoring the fallen, but a magnificent hilltop monument in the Italian city of Medea breaks the mold by also paying homage to peace. Built ...