Le Terme di Diocleziano are the most magnificent thermal complex ever built in Rome. Erected between 298 and 306 AD, they covered an area of over 13 hectares and could accommodate up to 3000 people at the same time, in a path that wound through gyms, libraries, a swimming pool of over 3500 square meters, and the rooms that constituted the heart of every thermal complex: the frigidarium, the tepidarium, and the calidarium.
It was precisely these large rooms that Michelangelo transformed for the realization of the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri Cristiani: in the other rooms of the Baths arose, designed by the same artist, the Charterhouse Convent. The original seat of the National Roman Museum since its establishment in 1889, the Baths and the Charterhouse are undergoing a restoration process that has so far allowed the reopening of part of the monumental complex and two exhibition sections of a complex museum, the Section of Protohistory of the Latin Peoples and the Epigraphic Section on Written Communication in the Roman World.
Visitors can therefore, in addition to the museum visit route, also enjoy the sumptuous and imposing Aula Decima, inside which are exhibited the large tomb of the Platorini and two chamber tombs from the Necropolis of via Portuense with frescoes and stuccoes; it is then possible to stroll through the large Michelangelesque Cloister of the Charterhouse, today an unexpected oasis of peace and silence just a few steps from the very crowded Termini station, where more than 400 works are exhibited including statues, reliefs, altars, sarcophagi from the Roman territory.
Accessibility
The four locations of the National Museum are 100% accessible.
Internal mobility is guaranteed by elevators and ramps.
Wheelchairs are available upon request.
Suitable restrooms are present.
