Luxury jeweller Bulgari will finance the construction of the Mausoleum of Augustus Museum with funding of €700,000, Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri announced.
Wanted in Rome
10 Feb, 2021
Relighting of the Ara Pacis Museum comes just weeks before Rome reopens the Mausoleum of Augustus.
Rome s Ara Pacis museum and its monumental ancient altar have been illuminated with a new lighting system thanks to a financial contribution from Bulgari.
The luxury fashion house donated €120,000 to the re-lighting of the museum, in addition to the almost €87,000 of city funds, in its latest act of patronage towards Rome.
The project involved replacing the existing lighting system with new LED lights, both in the museum s exhibition spaces and around the altar, which was consecrated in 9 BC.
The re-lighting project at the museum, designed by US architect Richard Meier, comes amid a hive of activity in Piazza Augusto Imperatore.