1878/81 as
the headquarters of the Società dei Molini e Pastificio Pantanella (Society
of Mills and Pasta Factory Pantanella) on the site of the ancient STATIO
ANNONAE headquarters of the praefectus annonae who was charged with the
administration of the food supply of the city of Rome
In this area
was also built later the PALACE OF NICHOLAS I (858/867)
Renovated
in 1930 for the MUSEO DI ROMA (Museum of Rome) organized by Antonio Muñoz
The museum
was here until 1952 when it was transferred to Palazzo
Braschi
From 1952
the building was used as a WAREHOUSE FOR THE ROMA OPERA HOUSE and later for MUNICIPAL
OFFICES
It is the
only remnant of the small industrial center built at the end of the
nineteenth century in this area. The whole area of the Circus Maximus until the
thirties of the twentieth century was occupied by industrial warehouses and even by a gasometer
All
buildings except the Pantanella Palace were dismantled to put emphasis on the
archaeological remains
In 1930,
under the palace the MITHRAEUM OF THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS of the third century AD
was found. It was built by reusing existing rooms. On the back wall
extraordinary relief “Mithras slaying the
bull”
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