Palace · Italy · Partial ruin
Domus Aurea
The Domus Aurea was a vast landscaped imperial palace complex built by Emperor Nero across the Oppian, Palatine and Caelian slopes, centred on an entertainment pavilion with hundreds of rooms, courts, fountains and an artificial lake. Much of the complex was later buried or built over; substantial vaulted rooms, frescoed interiors and garden enclosures survive underground and a portion of the site is accessible to visitors today.
First raised
AD 64
Its prime
AD 68
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in AD 68
The shape it held in its prime.
A sprawling, low-lying complex of brick-faced concrete vaults, domes and terraces sheathed in marble, stucco and extensive gold leaf; white-painted walls covered with grotteschi frescoes and framed figural reserves; paved rectangular courtyards with central reflecting pools, colonnaded terraces and sunken gardens; an octagonal domed triclinium pierced by a central oculus; tiered nymphaea and cascading basins feeding an artificial stagnum set in a wide hortus across several connected slopes.
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10 places to explore in AD 68.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Domus Aurea — including 6 interiors: octagonal room (domed triclinium), nymphaeum cascade and basins, vaulted gallery with in-floor pools and fountains and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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