![]() ![]() Some frescoes can be seen and the Octagonal room at theĬentre where Nero would likely have greeted his guests is impressive when we remember this was built long before the dome of the pantheon. Unsurprisingly, Nero’s extravagant palace was used by his enemies as the ultimate evidence of the emperor’s megalomania. Only a handful of around 120 rooms that have been excavated can be visited, but it is enough to imagine the scope and splendour. The parts of the Domus Aurea that can be visited today are those on the Oppian hill (the park next to the colosseum) these areas were probably used for holding festivities and banquets as no living quarters have been found. ![]() They would recreate the style they found (today called Grotesque) a good example is the loggia of Raphael at the Vatican and the decoration of Castel St Angelo. Renaissance artists Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Raphael and Giulio Romano lowered themselves into the darkness to look at the frescoes. The rooms had been stripped before being built over, but the frescoes were still intact. In 1488, a small piece was rediscovered under woodland and vineyards. Commissioned by the Roman Emperor Nero to be built after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was an extremely lavish palace. ![]()
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