Nero's Golden House, DOMUS AUREA, Rome

We were lucky to be in Rome, Italy, soon after the still buried ruins of the "Golden House" of Emperor Nero were opened to the public. Once a pleasure palace of over 300 rooms, gardens and artificial lakes, the complex was built on possibly 300 acres of ancient central Rome follwing the fire of 64 C.E. After Nero's suicide, the complex was stripped of valuables and filled in with earth and buried for over 1500 years, until accidentally discovered by a boy who fell into a hole in the earth. Join us as we go underground to see the ruins.

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[Alaska15Steve]

I wonder if it will ever be opened to the public again. We were so lucky to be able to go inside.

[prestodc]

oh man you are so lucky to have seen that! i just got back from rome and the domus is now closed until further notice, apperently its too dangerous! thanks for the vid!

[Alaska15Steve]

It was sooo amazing. The video does not do it justice. With the mold problems, I wonder if it will ever be opened to the public again? Rome is such an amazing city.

[glassmoonwolf]

okay he had a building then comited suicide?? what happened between those periods? there had to be somthing! it's not like he made a house then died! tell me about what the house was like! what was in it!

[romtscha]

amazing, I was in Rome in October 2011 and DA is closed ((((

[vh90278]

those paintings are amazing, rivaling anything to come out of renaisance france or impressionism...i think nero was maligned

[Frankie3112Nld]

..imagine what has taken place in that palace..

[joetylerdale]

Must have been great (if he liked you)!

[TuboEspectador]

I think that like the cro-magnon caves, with their paintings, this "cave" with paintings should be protected from too many visitors whose breaths, touch and step could further destroy the interiors that remain.

[fmaholiclover]

you are so lucky

[prestodc]

Tell me about mate, i try to get there every year, but through the folly of youth i always thought the domus was closed, then i found out it was open again,booked another trip just to see it, then found out it was closed...it doesnt look as if it will be reopened any time soon...safety restrictions and that...the paintings liioked great though...very well preserved, its wierd to think that in that main hall heburned christians to use as lights!