Ara Pacis Museum

Lungotevere in Augusta. Information: Tel. 060608. Opening hours: 9.30 a.m. – 7.30 p.m. (Ticket office closes at 6.30 p.m.). 24 and 31 December, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.. Closed Mondays, 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. www.arapacis.it

The first architectural work erected in the historical town centre of Rome since the fall of Fascism. Inside the museum is a display of the celebrated Augustan altar of peace.