Rome unveils new plans for Celio Park.Rome is to continue its redevelopment of the Celio Park in a semi-forgotten corner of the Caelian hill, hidden in plain sight between the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus.The project was presented on Tuesday by the city's mayor Roberto Gualtieri at the Casina del Salvi, a newly-opened coffee house and study hall in the archaeological park on the Caelian Hill. The scheme is a key part of the "CArMe" redevelopment programme of Rome's central archaeological area, an ambitious project financed with €282 million in funds from the Jubilee, the PNRR and the city's budget. The Parco del Celio has already seen the opening of the Forma Urbis museum in the Caelian Hill archaeological park early last year along with the recent redevelopment of the Casina del Salvi and the start of works to reclaim the city's former Antiquarium which has been in a state of abandonment for almost a century. Visitors to Rome's new Forma Urbis Museum on the Caelian Hill can walk across a glass floor with fragments of a massive marble map of the city engraved in the early third century by order of Emperor Septimius Severus. pic.twitter.com/3h89t8JeaW — Wanted in Rome (@wantedinrome) January 11, 2024 Under the €2.4 million project on the Caelian Hill, financed with Jubilee funds, the city plans to create a new green space by "depaving" and planting a 4,000-sqm area, the bulk of which is along the tram tracks. The urban regeneration project will also provide new panoramic views: a "belvedere" or viewing point overlooking the Colosseum and a new walkway along the hill on the side of Via di San Gregorio. Gualtieri said the grassed-over tramway, "a practice widespread in other European cities", will be the first of its kind in Rome, with plans to carry out similar greening projects elsewhere in the city. Rome has reopened the 19th-century Casina del Salvi as a coffee house, serving its original function, in an archaeological park near the Colosseum. The renovated venue has an outdoor terrace and a study room open to the public for free every day from 09.00 to 19.00. pic.twitter.com/MonWebeTEa — Wanted in Rome (@wantedinrome) May 12, 2025 In addition, a direct walkway between the Colosseum and the Celio will be restored, as well as a path linking Via Claudia to the Casina del Salvi. The city recently completed a new pedestrian path and cycle lane on Via di San Gregorio, the street between the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus, as part of the GRAB project. Photo Wanted in Rome

Rome is to continue its redevelopment of the Celio Park in a semi-forgotten corner of the Caelian hill, hidden in plain sight between the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus. The project on Tuesday by the city's mayor Roberto Gualtieri at the Casina del Salvi, a newly-opened in the archaeological park on the Caelian Hill. The scheme is a key part of the "CArMe" redevelopment programme of Rome's central archaeological area, an ambitious project financed with €282 million in funds from the , the and the city's budget. The Parco del Celio has already seen the opening of the Forma Urbis museum in  early last year along with the recent redevelopment of the Casina del Salvi and the start of works to reclaim the city's former Antiquarium which has been in a state of abandonment for almost a century. Visitors to Rome's new Forma Urbis Museum on the Caelian Hill can walk across a glass floor with fragments of a massive marble map of the city engraved in the early third century by order of Emperor Septimius Severus. — Wanted in Rome (@wantedinrome) Under the €2.4 million project on the Caelian Hill, financed with Jubilee funds, the city plans to create a new green space by "depaving" and planting a 4,000-sqm area, the bulk of which is along the tram tracks. The urban regeneration project will also provide new panoramic views: a "belvedere" or viewing point overlooking the Colosseum and a new walkway along the hill on the side of Via di San Gregorio. Gualtieri said the grassed-over tramway, "a practice widespread in other European cities", will be the first of its kind in Rome, with plans to carry out similar greening projects elsewhere in the city. Rome has reopened the 19th-century Casina del Salvi as a coffee house, serving its original function, in an archaeological park near the Colosseum. The renovated venue has an outdoor terrace and a study room open to the public for free every day from 09.00 to 19.00. — Wanted in Rome (@wantedinrome) In addition, a direct walkway between the Colosseum and the Celio will be restored, as well as a path linking Via Claudia to the Casina del Salvi. The city recently completed a new pedestrian path and , the street between the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus, as part of the . Photo Wanted in Rome