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- Area:
- Centro
- Category:
- Ancient meets modern
- Info:
- Via delle Botteghe
Oscure 31 (06 678
0167).
Open 9am-7.30pm Tue-Sun.
Admission €7; €3.50 reductions. No credit cards.
Crypta Balbi
Note: There is an extra charge of €2 during special exhibitions.
The Crypta Balbi displays one of Rome’s more interesting recent archaeological finds, combines the best of the ancient with state-of-the-art technology and is packed with displays, maps and models that explain (in English) Rome’s evolution from a bellicose pre-Imperial era, to early Christian times and on through the dim Middle Ages.




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