New light for the Ara Pacis

(ANSA) - ROME, 09 FEB - New lighting for the Ara Paciscon with the contribution of the Bvlgari maison. "Light has always been important to us, it glorifies the natural beauty of our diamonds and now that of a mausoleum as important as that of the Emperor Augustus, in whose homonymous square will be our first luxury hotel in the capital, right in front of the Ara Pacis. we want to thank Rome for the inspiration it has always given us in the creation of our jewels, and we want to make this square a center of culture which will give new luster to the city ". Thus Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of the Roman-French maison (LVMH Group) who financed the project of the new lighting on the monument (120 thousand euros from the maison and 86,300 euros from Rome Capital), during the presentation, in the same Ara Pacis - in front of a short press, for the most part convened in streaming - in the presence of the mayor Virginia Raggi, the Capitoline superintendent Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli and the councilor for cultural growth Lorenza Fruci. amount of 86,300 euros. The intent of the Capitoline Superintendency was to improve the visual quality of the monument and the perception of the architectural spaces, acting in continuity with the artistic direction of the architect Richard Meier, creator and designer of the museum complex, who wanted to evaluate and confirm it intervention on lighting. (HANDLE).