Colle Oppio
This is the attractive park on the hillside directly west of the Colosseum. Visible ruins in the area come from the Baths of Trajan. These baths were built on the top of the ruins of Domus Aurea - the Golden House of Nero (the Colosseum was built on the drained site of Nero's lake). The area underneath the park contains an enormous area from Nero's villa. It was restored at great expense in the 1980s and 1990s, opened to the public, and then closed again after a few years when it began to leak!
Why it is worth a visit
Colle Oppio is an attractive park offering ruins of the Baths of Trajan and access to the archaeological layers of Nero's Golden House.
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Why visit
Colle Oppio is an attractive park offering ruins of the Baths of Trajan and access to the archaeological layers of Nero's Golden House.
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