Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

It was very hot and crowded along Via Corso after leaving the Colonna Palazzo so Nancy and Jan bailed out of trying to get to the top of Capitoline Hill for a good view of the forum. After a lunch, Nancy and Janet went to the Massimo as Doug had been before and felt it was one of the top three museums in Rome.

It is a reasonable size and has some very nice Greco-Roman sculpture, the famous frescoes from the Villa of Livia (3rd wife of Emperor Augustus) and intricate mosaics.Read more