A Historic Piazza Just Reopened in Rome After a Five-Year Restoration

Dating back to 28 BC and serving as the tomb of Rome’s first-ever emperor, this mausoleum sits at the heart of the newly restored Piazza Augusto Imperatore. It has had a varied history, including being used as a concert hall throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and is now encircled by a circular walkway designed in a recent restoration phase so visitors can overlook the structure. The surrounding project also includes graded slopes connecting its original level to street level and planned improvements to lighting and accessibility to the museum housed there. - Liv Kelly