Caput Mundi: Quadraro Tower and Farmhouse: redevelopment and restoration

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.
The project involves restoration and structural consolidation of the monument, currently in a state of decay, aiming to preserve it, prevent further deterioration, and make it accessible and usable for the public. Enhancement works also include modern facilities, accessibility measures, and exhibition spaces. This project is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility with EUR 298000. The project involves a series of interventions aimed at restoring the monument, which is now in a serious state of degradation . Some of the main objectives include: Structural consolidation and cleaning of the façade;
Consolidation work on the lower level, where some rooms have not been freed from the original interiors (1928), in order to prevent further deterioration of the façade, particularly one of the entrances to the lower floor; Archaeological excavation of some areas; Elimination of water seepage from the roofs; Consolidation and cleaning of the internal surfaces of the rooms; Rehabilitation and conservative restoration of the floor surfaces in opus spicatum; Arrangement of the green area; Electrical, lighting, telephone/data, air conditioning, video surveillance and anti-burglary system, lift connecting the different levels;
Facilities and equipment: reception desk and ticket office, info-point, educational panels and multimedia stations, exhibition of archaeological finds (stored in the deposit inside the monument); Architectural barriers: equipment will be provided in all rooms to remove architectural barriers and create paths and platforms for the blind.
The restoration and safeguarding of the monument, in addition to its preservation, will prevent the progression of the risk conditions that would cause its definitive loss. At the same time, the implementation of an enhancement project will make it accessible to the public