Il Museo currently consists of two rooms, but expansion is planned. In the entrance hall, a precious statue cycle dedicated to Augustus and his family, discovered in the small Augusteo and dating back to the early imperial age, is exhibited; in the second room, a wide range of materials documents the ancient settlement of the territory immediately surrounding the ancient center: in addition to two inscriptions related to the ancient road system, the evidence of the necropolises (documented through architectural elements of tombs, inscriptions, ceramics, and glass) and rustic settlements are presented, expressing an economic organization of the territory that remained in use until a few decades ago.
A few meters from the Museum is the archaeological area that housed the famous sanctuary dedicated to the Italic goddess Feronia, near which the colony Iulia Felix Lucus Feroniae arose in the late Republican period. Excavations conducted in the 1950s brought to light the forum of the ancient city with important public buildings, including the basilica, the Augusteo, a small temple, the baths, and a fountain; the square is bordered to the West by a complex of residential buildings with the lower part used as shops. Beyond the forum complex, the amphitheater and a second thermal complex along the road to ancient Capena have been excavated.
Information about the Archaeological Area of Lucus Feroniae and Archaeological Museum
Via Tiberina, Km. 18.500
00060 Capena (Rome)
069085173
Source: MIBACT
