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Catalogue-Guided-Tours-Kids.Pdf C A T A L O G U E G U I D E D T O U R S K I D S E D I T I O N The Colosseum, the largest amphitheater in the world Duration: 2 hours Our guide will be waiting for you in front of the Colosseum, the largest and most famous amphitheater in the world. You will discover together what happened inside this "colossal" building where about 50,000 spectators could enter to watch the gladiator shows offered by the Roman emperors until the fifth century. Place of incredible fun for the ancient Romans. Exotic animals, gladiators acclaimed and loved as heroes, spectacular death sentences and grandiose naumachiae. We will unveil many curiosities and false legends about the largest amphitheater in the world. The Palatine, from the Hut of Romulus to the Imperial Palace Duration: 2 hours A long time ago, between history and legend, Rome was born ... but where exactly?! On the Palatine Hill! We will start from the mythical origin of the Eternal City, when the two brothers Romulus and Remus fought for its dominion, discovering that everything started from small wooden huts, to arrive in an incredible journey through time and archaeology to the marbles and riches of the imperial palaces, admired throughout the ancient world. You will meet kings and emperors, but also shepherds and farmers! Castel Sant'Angelo, the Mausoleum of Hadrian Duration: 2 hours Our guide will be waiting for you in front of the Castle's main door to let you discover the secrets of one of the most famous monuments of ancient Rome. Built by Emperor Hadrian (117-138) as a mausoleum for himself and the Antonine dynasty, it was transformed by Emperor Aurelian into a fortress. During the Renaissance it was enriched with luxurious residential apartments for the popes, and finally during the Risorgimento it was used as a maximum security prison for political prisoners. Inside the cCastle you will go through the history of the centuries among secret passages, burial cells where the ashes of Hadrian's successors were kept, cells for prisoners, collections of weapons, paintings, sculptures and other memories of the castle's history. We will pretend to be little soldiers guarding the Pope and we will discover together how this mighty Mole was defended, where the Pope slept and where he hid. Is there also a treasure? All to be discovered! Egyptian Civilization. Meet a mummy at the Vatican Museums Duration: 2 hours With so many excellent museums and collections in the Vatican, it's hard to know where to start, especially when you're trying to keep the kids interested. But a safe bet is the Gregorian Egyptian Museum in the Cortile della Pigna. Many of the artifacts were brought from Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli (a fascinating place to visit just outside of Rome), where Emperor Hadrian had collected them. Three thousand years of Egyptian history, dynasties, pharaohs, mummies, hieroglyphics, gods and Roman emperors conquered by the civilization that developed on the banks of the Nile River. A fascinating journey back in time between magic formulas and sacred animals. At the end of the visit of the Gregorian Egyptian Museum, we will go through the Galleries of Candelabra, Tapestries and Geographical Maps, until we discover the Sistine Chapel. Ancient Ostia: the daily life of an ancient Roman Duration: 3 hours Uses, customs and daily life. This is how the day of the ancient Roman took place between the baths, theater, ovens and mills, inns, laundries, police barracks, temples and ..... public baths. We will cross an ancient city of the imperial era with a very special role: to be the port that served Rome, the capital inhabited by a million people. How many and what kind of goods were arriving? How were they transported and stored? The excavations of Ostia Antica are also an ideal place to celebrate your children's birthdays as they have outdoor spaces for playing and picnics. Athletes for a day at the Baths of Caracalla Duration: 2 hours A day of relax. Was everyone allowed in the spa? Did they pay? What beauty products did the ancient Romans use to wash themselves? We will discover together how the day was spent in this splendid imperial building dedicated to the care of the body, mind and public relations. To complete and complement our visit, don't miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in the most beautiful baths in the world with the virtual video guide. The Capitoline Museums: the oldest public museum in the world Duration: 2 hours Many myths and legends carved in marble, cast in bronze and frescoed on the walls of one of the most important and ancient museums of Rome. The mythical she-wolf with the twins, the original statue of Marcus Aurelius, the spinario, the talking statues and those in love, defeated warriors, Venus and Cupid, beauty and passions, a world to be told as in a fairy tale. Discovering the Villa of Emperor Hadrian in Tivoli Duration: 2 hours Villa Adriana is one of the highest and most articulated testimonies of the constructive genius of the Romans. A complete sample of architectural 'inventions', from the shape of the roofs to that of the buildings, which did not follow rigid symmetries but were designed to amaze, creating views and perspectives to surprise. The Villa was spread over an area of at least 120 hectares on a green land rich in water, near Tivoli, 28 km from Rome, on the tuffaceous banks that extend to the foot of the Monti Tiburtini. The Villa is one of the most remarkable remaining examples of imperial and dynastic palace that has found with the opening of the Maritime Theatre, after 3 years of restoration, new splendor. The Markets of Trajan: was it really the first commercial center in history? Duration: 2 hours The name of this innovative place in the center of the Forum of Trajan speaks to us of merchandise, spices, ancient eating habits, but we will discover that there was much more, this was the seat of important business that interested the entire Roman Empire. We will visit together this huge "business center" and we will take the opportunity to understand how the ancient Romans fed themselves and what customs our ancestors had in the kitchen. The museum also preserves beautiful models of the Imperial Forums as well as precious fragments of them. We will look out from the panoramic terrace that opens in front of the Trajan's Column and finally we will admire an evocative collection of Roman amphorae of all sizes that carried many different foods, coming from all the sea routes on the Mediterranean. The Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia: discovering the Estruscans! Duration: 2 hours A rich museum housed in a beautiful Renaissance villa, Villa Giulia, commissioned by Pope Julius III between 1550 and 1555. The greatest artists of the time participated in the design and implementation: Giorgio Vasari, Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola and Bartolomeo Ammannati. Since 1889 it has been the most important museum in the world of Etruscan finds, rich in evidence from Southern Etruria and pre-Roman Italian civilization. It cherishes wonderful and very peculiar objects coming from the main necropolis, such as the famous Sarcophagus of the Spouses from Cerveteri (VI century B.C.), the terracotta statue of Apollo from Veio (VI century B.C.), the high relief and the gold foils in Etruscan and Phoenician language from Pyrgi (V century B.C.). We will also descend into their tombs, into the realm of the dead, to discover their lives! Egyptian treasure hunt in the center of Rome Duration: 2 hours A fun treasure hunt in the center of Rome to discover, walking through alleys and squares, how much is still "hidden" in Rome of ancient Egypt. The "exceptional guide" on the hunt for clues will be Cleopatra herself, who is lost in time and can't get back, so we will have to help her to open a passage in space and time and, through funny clues and 7 magic tests, bring her back home. For this treasure hunt no knowledge about the subject is needed at all, but at the end of the path you will have a lot of curious and interesting news about the ancient Egyptians and Rome, which we will go through in fun. Treasure hunt in the Roman Forum Duration: 2 hours With our guide you will descend into the Roman Forum where you can admire the Forums of Caesar, Augustus, Vespasian, Nerva, Trajan. Walking through the Forum, the most important place in imperial Rome, you will see the great ancient Rome with its most important buildings: the Curia, the State Archives, the Basilicas, the Temples, the Palaces of Justice, the Markets of Trajan, the Arch of Septimius Severus, the Arch of Titus. All this among clues, reconstructions and riddles that will finally lead us to the discovery of the place where the great "treasure of Rome" was kept. Treasure hunt between Borgo Pio, St. Peter's Basilica and the Dome Duration: 3 hours Water, sky, earth ... the main elements will guide us in our search, through the Rione Borgo, among fountains, alleys and ancient walls, until we reach the roof of Rome ... the Dome of St. Peter's! Are you ready little explorers? What will this fascinating path hide? And now, passing quizzes, rebuses and riddles, all ready to look for the hidden keys, who knows where the various clues will take you!!! ROMAN WALKS Discovering the Via Appia Antica Duration: 2 hours The Via Appia Antica, the road that connected Rome to Brindisi which was the most important port for Greece and the East in the Roman world.
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