Centrale Montemartini

Nick thePhotograph★★★★★★★★★★5.03 months ago

a beautiful Museum that crosses ancient Greece and Rome with vintage factory. It was, like I mentioned, an old factory. Part of the Musei Capitolini Is exposed here, with the rests of the old factory. You should totally visit! I loved the statues of Apollo. You will find a couple statues of Antinous and one statue of Icarus too!

Karolina Marcinkowska★★★★★★★★★★5.04 months ago

Absolutely amazing way to feel and discover ancient art!!! Bedside of the statues, you can see some great mosaics and a very unique piece of travel-art: the private "train" of one of the popes ;) A must see if you are in Rome: no crowds and great atmosphere, top art!!

D. M.C★★★★★★★★★★5.07 months ago

Part of the capitoline museum but in the south of the city, housed in an impressive building that was a power station until the 1960s. In the 90s it was restored for a museum space but a lot of the old power station machinery remains and it provides rather a nice juxtaposition with the ancient marble busts, figures and funerary relics that is worth a visit if you're in the area. Currently there is a exhibition of the work of Maria Barosso who in the early 1900s was working for the office for antiquities and fine arts. Her specialty was the documentation of monuments, archaeological excavations and urban-demolition sites in Rome during the early decades of the twentieth century. Through watercolours, pencil and pen drawings, she captured the transformation of the city from the demolition of hills and older edifices to the emergence of new streets, such as Via dei Fori Imperiali, the exposure of hidden temples, such as at Largo Argentina, and the variety of building-sites that reshaped Rome. Her work is very intricate and visually appealing, she had a real gift.

Cristina Mordeglia★★★★★★★★★★5.05 months ago

Marvelous! The blending of classical and industrial lines created in the Centrale Montemartini is simply stunning. Explanations on art, ethnography and hosting architecture are equally exhaustive and interesting. If visiting the Capitolini Museums, remember to ask for the “Capitolini Pass”, as it will grant you access to this unique compound as well. Looking forward to going back at day time, to see the play of shadows created by daylight!

Loo Yeo★★★★★★★★★★5.03 months ago

Centrale Montemartini began life in 1912 as Rome’s first municipal power plant on Via Ostiense, feeding electricity into a city that was still learning what a modern grid meant. When the turbines fell silent, the shell sat in limbo until the 1990s, when a “temporary” transfer of Capitoline sculptures turned into a permanent second home. Today you walk into the old engine hall and find marble gods and emperors standing beside vast diesel engines, boiler fronts and control panels, with a trio of nineteenth-century papal train carriages tucked into another bay. It sits slightly off the main tourist circuit, but for repeat visitors, students and photographers, this industrial-archaeology museum in Ostiense is the place where ancient Rome, papal railways and municipal modernity finally breathe the same air.