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Completed in 2006 in Rome, Italy. Images by Roland Halbe. This museum on the bank of the Tiber River has been designed as a renewed setting for the Ara Pacis, a sacrificial altar dating to 9 B.C. The new museum complex for the Ara Pacis was designed by Richard Meier & Partners Architects, an architectural studio in the United States, which has been responsible for several of the most notable museums of the second half of the twentieth century. The Museum of the Ara Pacis (Italian: Museo dell'Ara Pacis) belongs to the Sistema dei Musei in Comune of Rome ( Italy ); it houses the Ara Pacis of Augustus, an ancient monument that was initially inaugurated on 30 January 9 B.C. Structure The portraits of the Julio-Claudian dynasty placed close to the entry The Ara Pacis inside the Museum Ara Pacis Museum The first modern building to be erected in central Rome for half a century provides a stunning new setting for a precious ancient monument.
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Ara Pacis Museum The "new" Ara Pacis Museum in Rome opened in the spring of 2006. The museum was designed by the international architect Richard Meier and has been subject to much controversy and criticism. The new Ara Pacis Museum, designed by architect Richard Meier, opened in spring 2006, surrounded by many controversies and criticisms. 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. Description The Ara Pacis Museum, located along the Tiber River, near the Ponte Cavour, on the western edge of the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, is an integral part of the urban context of the Augustean Area. The clarity of the volumes and the building's proportions relate in scale to Rome's ancient structures.
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Richard Meier and Partners, Ara Pacis Museum, Rome, 2006. The firm of architect Richard Meier was engaged to design and execute a new and improved pavilion to house the Ara Pacis and to integrate the altar with a planned pedestrian area surrounding the adjacent Mausoleum of Augustus. The Ara Pacis is, at its simplest, an open-air altar for blood sacrifice associated with the Roman state religion. The ritual slaughtering and offering of animals in Roman religion was routine, and such rites usually took place outdoors.
The Ara Pacis, an altar symbolizing Roman peace and erected around 9 B.C., now rests in a new museum in Rome, where it is bathed in natural light. Chris Warde-Jones for The New York Times The. Ara Pacis Museum. The first modern building added to the historic center in 70 years, this Richard Meier-designed minimalist glass-and-white-steel box houses the Ara Pacis, the first-century B.C.
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The Ara Pacis, or "altar of peace" is a remarkable artifact. Lost for over a thousand years, it was discovered piece by piece, over centuries, and involved everyone from archaeologists to. The museum was replaced in 2006 by American architect Richard Meier, who designed the current sleek glass pavilion that houses the monument. Today, the Ara Pacis is visited by people from all over the world, and the outside area of the pavilion has become a hangout area for tourists and locals alike.
