Centrale Montemartini Museum, Rome
This museum provides an interesting juxtaposition between the buildings and equipment of Rome's first electricity generating plant and the exhibits, which are mainly from excavations of Roman sites.
This museum provides an interesting juxtaposition between the buildings and equipment of Rome's first electricity generating plant and the exhibits, which are mainly from excavations of Roman sites. A combined ticket with the museums on the Capitoline Hill provides big reductions.
Hours
Sun
9:00
19:00
Mon
Closed
Tue
9:00
19:00
Wed
9:00
19:00
Thu
9:00
19:00
Fri
9:00
19:00
Sat
9:00
19:00
About Centrale Montemartini Museum
Via Ostiense, 106, 00154 Roma, Italy
+39 06 060809
Centrale Montemartini Museum and Nearby Sights on Map
Museum of Via Ostiense
This is a small museum housed inside Porta San Paolo, which records the importance to Rome of the road that connected it to the harbour at Ostia
Centrale Montemartini
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St. Paul Outside the Walls
The Papal Basilica of St
Pyramid of Gaius Cestius
A tomb for the wealthy Gaius Cestius, who died in 12 B
Porta San Paolo
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MACRO
Rome's museum of contemporary art, housed in a former industrial complex
San Saba
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Servian Wall
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Aventine Hill
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