Caput Mundi: Villa Sciarra - Belvedere complex with fountains, loggia and wall on Via Calandrelli

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 focuses on restoring and stabilizing the monumental complex through vegetation removal, structural reinforcements, surface cleaning, water system reactivation, recovery and reinstallation of decorative elements, and maintenance of stone features and entrance portals. This project is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility with EUR 999000. The project involves a comprehensive series of works aimed at restoring and consolidating the monumental complex. Planned activities include the removal of invasive vegetation and detailed inspections to identify and secure unstable areas. Surfaces will be cleaned using low-pressure washing, while reinforcement techniques will be applied to stabilize affected structures. Restoration will focus on surfaces, decorative elements, mouldings, rocailles, and stone components. Additionally, the water system of the Nymphaeum and the fountain of the Vasca con Puttini will be reactivated. Decorative elements currently held in the Capitoline Museums will be identified, recovered, restored, and reinstalled within the complex. The peperino stone covers, partitions, and columns will undergo overhaul and integration. Further interventions will include cleaning of the two entrance portals and biocidal treatment of the summit herms.