Rites and magic await you in the heart of Rome. Visit Anna Perenna's fountain and you will discover the most mysterious aspects of the pagan world.
The Fountain of Anna Perenna was found in 1999 while conducting excavations for an underground car park at the corner of piazza Euclide and via G. Dal Monte in the northern district of Rome, Parioli. Excavations from six to ten metres below the street level unearthed the remains of a rectangular-shaped fountain with immured inscriptions bearing the name of the goddess.
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Opening days
SITE TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Access only with guided or accompanied tour
Every first Sunday of each month
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Closing
August
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Feature List
- Info line
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Accessibility
The site is not accessible
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Info Reservation
individuals and groups
+39 06 399 67 702
Anna Perenna was a divinity in Rome's most distant past who was celebrated on the day of the Ides of March, the most ancient Roman new year's day, as Ovid tells in his Fasti (The Calendar). The fountain is attested to in the I century B.C. and was used until the VI century A.D.
The dried mud inside the cistern behind the fountain concealed many objects used in magical practises and religious rites: lead laminas inscribed with curses, lead receptacles containing anthropomorphic figures, a copper kettle, and numerous coins and lanterns. These and other objects are today conserved in the Epigraphs Section of the Museo Nazionale Romana at the Baths of Diocletian.
The visit to the fountain is preceded by an itinerary describing the topography of the area in the Roman epoch, which starts at a cave on the slopes of the Parioli hills, and continues with a description of the remains of a building of the Roman age conserved in the Auditorium.
Come and discover Anna Perenna's source and let yourself be fascinated by the many secrets hidden inside.
Services
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Visits
for individuals by reservation
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Visits
for groups and schools by reservation
available in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish
Additional Info
The site can only be visited with a guided tour or accompanied by an obligatory reservation, subject to availability.
Where
Via Guidobaldo del Monte 4, Roma
Transportation
By bus Route 910, stop on Piazza Euclide, approx. 200 metres
By metro Metro station Flaminio (line A)
By tram Stop on Ankara/Tiziano (line 2), approx 150 metres, direction Piazza Euclide
By train From Rome, train to Civita Castellana/Viterbo, stop on Piazza Euclide, approx. 200 metres
