What is the objective of the Vitruvian and Roman Heritage Museum project?
The project aims to create a Museum of Roman Heritage capable of integrating archaeological assets, historic industrial architecture, and the contemporary city.
The commission for the realization of the Vitruvian and Roman Heritage Museum in Fano has officially begun, following the award of the European tender. The project includes the functional redevelopment of the former Filanda Bosone. The scope of services comprises the technical and economic feasibility design, the geological report, specialist investigations, safety coordination during both design and construction phases, construction management, and site supervision.
How does the intervention fit into Fano’s archaeological and urban context?
The intervention is based on an in-depth understanding of the relationship between the existing buildings and the urban-archaeological system.
Following the initial reconnaissance site inspection, preliminary analyses were initiated on the existing buildings and their relationship with the archaeological, urban, and historical context. The design activities take place at a particularly significant moment for the city, especially in light of the recent discovery beneath Piazza Andrea Costa of the Vitruvian Basilica, which has enabled a more accurate interpretation of the layout and structure of the Roman Forum.
What is the archaeological value of the former Filanda Bosone buildings?
The two nineteenth-century industrial halls preserve elements attributable to public structures from Roman-era Fano.
The new interpretive framework now allows for a clearer reading of the remains within the buildings designated for the museum, identifiable as the cryptoporticus of the Temple of Jupiter and the theater. These features are not isolated elements but integrated components of a unified and complex Roman urban system, for which the museum serves as a point of synthesis and enhancement.
How does the Museum of Roman Heritage convey the city’s historical continuity?
The project aims to make the historical layers between the Roman city, the industrial phase, and the contemporary urban fabric clearly legible.
As the future Museum of Roman Heritage, the former Filanda Bosone will narrate Roman Fano through a broad and integrated perspective, encompassing the Vitruvian Basilica and its relationship with the forum, the theater, and other public buildings. One of the project’s central objectives is to restore the continuity of the urban historical narrative, illustrating how the Roman city overlapped with the nineteenth-century industrial city and, subsequently, with the modern city.
What role do digital technologies play in the museum experience?
Multimedia technologies support an accessible exhibition experience without replacing the direct engagement with archaeology.
The project includes the integration of digital and multimedia solutions to support an inclusive and universal exhibition path capable of engaging diverse audiences. Digital storytelling consistently complements the direct experience of the actual archaeological excavations, which remain present and visible within the museum area, maintaining a strong connection to the material and scientific dimension of history.
What are the guiding principles of the intervention?
Scientific rigor, technical control, and respect for the archaeological context form the core pillars of the project.
The Vitruvian and Roman Heritage Museum project is conceived as a highly complex undertaking aimed at returning to the city of Fano a place where its millennia-old history becomes once again understandable, shared, and lived, with full respect for the stratifications and the identity value of its archaeological and architectural heritage.
