Caput Mundi: Via Alessandrina - Archaeological excavation for reunification of the Fora of Augustus, Trajan and Nerva

Caput Mundi Next Generation EU for touristic great events (Mission 1, Component 3, Investment 4.3)

Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan increases the number of accessible tourist sites in Rome, creating valid and qualified tourist and cultural alternatives with respect to the crowded central areas, as well as increasing the use of digital technologies, enhance green areas and the sustainability of tourism. The investment envisages six lines of interventions:
1. “Roman Cultural Heritage for EU-Next Generation”, covering the regeneration and restoration of cultural and urban heritage and complexes of high historical-architectural value of the city of Rome;
2. “Jubilee paths” (from pagan to Christian Rome), targeted to the enhancement, safety, anti-seismic consolidation, restoration of places and buildings of historical interest and archaeological pathways;
3. #LaCittàCondivisa, covering the redevelopment of sites in peripheral areas;
4. #Mitingodiverde, covering interventions on parks, historical gardens, villas and fountains;
5. #Roma 4.0, covering the digitalization of cultural services and the development of apps for tourists;
6. #Amanotesa, aimed at increasing the supply of cultural offer to peripheries for social integration.

The investment is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility by EUR 500 million and includes this project.
This project aims to protect, conserve, and enhance the monument by removing an extraneous road section. The primary goal is to reunite the Fora of Augustus, Trajan, and Nerva, improving the area's understanding and use. Works include archaeological excavation of Via Alessandrina, restoration and structural consolidation of walls, reconstructions and anastylosis, and creating a new visitor itinerary. This project is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility with EUR 4680000. The intervention will focus on the protection, conservation, and enhancement of the monument. It will involve the removal of a road section currently extraneous to the surrounding urban landscape. The main objective is to visually and physically reunite the monumental areas of the Forums of Augustus, Trajan, and Nerva, improving the understanding and use of the area.

Specifically, the project involves the implementation of the following works: archaeological excavation of the remaining stretch of Via Alessandrina; conservative restoration and enhancement of wall structures; structural consolidation; reconstructions and anastylosis of ancient architectural contexts; and creation of a visit itinerary.