(CNN) – He was the first Roman emperor to take the hand of Julius Caesar and build an empire that eventually stretched from the UK to Egypt, boasting on his death bed that “I found Rome made of bricks, and left it marble.”
But Emperor August Gustus did not pay exactly the kind when he died in 14CE.
His mausoleum – a huge, circular mausoleum, the largest when the city was built – had been abandoned for centuries.
Its roof collapsed and the cypress planted around it was left to go wild, from the carefully preserved Colosseum and the Roman Forum he has long wept.
In fact, for the past 80 years, it has been closed to the public, with a brief opening in 2000 to celebrate the city’s jubilee year, and then, before it closed for archaeological investigations in 2007.
It was hoped to reopen in 2014, would complete 2,000 years after Gustas’ death. In the end, however, the defense work is still ongoing, only to be opened that day.
But finally, the 13-year restoration is over, and it’s set to open to the public in March 2021.
Full scale renovation
After many decades of decay, it will reopen to the public.
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The cost of the restorations, completed in two phases, is estimated at 10 million ((120 million). Partially by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activity and Roman officials. A fund-raising platform, completed in 2019. Oversees the restoration of this monument.
Stage two, ond 6 million (, 7,300,000) is funded by Telecom Italia’s social arm, Fondazion TIM, which focuses on interior spaces, and organizes it for travel.
Huge structural works have been carried out to protect the mausoleum, and a spiral staircase leading to the roof of the monument has been reconstructed.
Fundazion TIMA has also provided funding for the restoration of the burial site and landscaping around the tomb.
Outside of the square, the Piazza Augusto Gusto Empire is also being renovated. Until now, Samadhi is something of a detour, with cars parked around it. The works are to be completed in December 2021.
Gorgeous neighbors
The tomb was as large as the original Pincian hill.
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In 2006, the surrounding old pavilion was replaced by glass and steel structures by architect Richard Meyer, adding to his work in art. The altar is now visible from the Tiber River, with a tomb behind it.
August Gustus has great plans for his grave. The emperor – who was born in 63 BCE BCE, and took power in the ૨BC BBCE – after his victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the Battle of 28 Ctm, when “Augustus” was only Octavian – named before him to become emperor.
A huge, marble-covered tomb
The interior had been badly damaged for centuries.
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Built for her and her family, it is the largest circular mausoleum in the ancient world, with a diameter of about 90 meters and a height of at least 45 meters, which can be kept away from the remains. Only a third of the original monument survives.
Its huge size made it as big as the nearby Pinkian hill, and it was situated by the Tiber so that most of it could be seen from the city.
Although today it appears to have been made of bricks, originally, those walls were carved with travatitin marble, of which only traces remain today.
It is believed to have served as a mausoleum for more than 100 years, before the records were lost. It was then mentioned in the 10th century.
From a grease to an amphitheater
The tomb was seen in 1963, with Tiber in front of it.
Museo de Roma, Archivio Photographico
In the medieval period, a gorge was built on top of the remains, but it was destroyed in 1241. Subsequently, the structure was gradually demolished, with marble removed for use as building construction.
In the 16th century, the owners of a nearby pazzo turned the interior of the tomb into a garden. It was used as an amphitheater until the 1780s, with bullfighting and display fuss. In the 19th century it was covered with glass dotme and used for theater shows; Until the 20th century, it was used as a concert hall, itor detorium us gustio.
Only in 1936 did his new life come to an end, when the fascist regime – which intended to associate itself with ancient Rome, intended to excavate and preserve the city’s heritage – demolished the Coppola and modern buildings, the tomb once again.
Restoration work stalled during World War II and resumed in the 1950s.
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