Museo delle Cere

Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale


Rome’s waxwork museum is said to have the world’s third-largest collection, which comprises more than 250 figures, ranging from Dante to Snow White, plus plentiful popes, poets, politicians, musicians and murderers. Don't miss the laboratory where the waxworks are created.


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Nearby Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale attractions

1. Le Domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini

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Underneath a grand mansion that’s been the seat of the Province of Rome since 1873 lie the archaeological remains of several lavish ancient Roman houses;…

2. Palazzo Colonna

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The guided tours of this opulent palace are among the city's best, introducing visitors to the residence and art collection of the patrician Colonna…

3. Basilica dei Santi Apostoli

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This much-altered 6th-century church is dedicated to the apostles James and Philip, whose relics are in the crypt. Its most obvious attraction is the…

4. Palazzo Odescalchi

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The western length of Piazza Santi Apostoli is dominated by the 17th-century facade of Palazzo Odescalchi, spilt into apartments today.

5. Colonna Traiana

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Towering over the Foro di Traiano, Trajan's column (AD 113) is adorned with a microscopically-detailed spiral frieze illustrating the Romans' victorious…

6. Palazzo Venezia

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Built between 1455 and 1464, Palazzo Venezia was the first of Rome's great Renaissance palaces. For centuries it was the embassy of the Venetian Republic …

7. Basilica Ulpia

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A series of grey granite columns is all that remains of the Basilica Ulpia, a vast 40m-high hall that once stood in Trajan's Forum. Built in the early 2nd…

8. Foro di Traiano

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Overshadowed by Trajan's towering administrative complex (the Mercati di Traiano), this was the last of the Imperial Forums to be built, dating to the…

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