Palazzo Altemps, Archaeological museum in Ponte district, Rome, Italy
Palazzo Altemps is an archaeological museum in Rome's Ponte district, set inside a Renaissance palace with a central courtyard. Rooms on two floors display Greek and Roman sculptures arranged around the courtyard with its fountain.
Cardinal Marco Sittico Altemps bought the building in 1568 and transformed it into his residence. This renovation brought 16th-century architectural forms into the palace and created the rooms visitors walk through today.
The name recalls Cardinal Altemps, who gathered art treasures here and shaped the rooms as a living space. Visitors now walk through halls displaying the Ludovisi collection with marble sculptures once owned by Roman noble families and now open to everyone.
The museum opens Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 to 19:00, and a combined ticket allows entry to all four sites of the National Museum. The courtyard and halls are reachable on foot, and rooms are spread across two levels with stairs between them.
Inside the palace walls stands the Church of San Aniceto, a small sacred space often overlooked. The building also displays Egyptian finds from the sanctuary of Isis in the Campus Martius, relics of an ancient cult in Rome.
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