Teotihuacan in Rome. The pre-Columbian Exhibition Palace

• Published 27/07/2010
• in Category International events in the Capital

From November 9^th 2010 to February 27^th 2011 Central American’s pre-Columbian population will invade Rome. For the first time at Palazzo delle Esposizioni will be exposed the finds of the pre-Columbian population of Teotihuacan. The exhibition is called “Teotihuacan. The city of gods”.

Maybe you’re wondering: what’s Teotihuacan? We are talking about the Middle America’s capital city of pre-atzechian populations. The city, founded in the II century, and his culture acquired a great in all the today Mexico area. Some attestation reveal that the city population grew up in a few decade to 200.000, reaching his strength peak between 150 and 450 a.d., when the Teotihuacan dominance outreached the today’s Mexico confines.

The Teotihuacan culture shined artistically. This population created his original styles but integrated with imported materials and techniques. The cultural influence of the Teotihuacan culture got to the Great Nord: this attestation comes from some lithics material found in the Teotihuacan city: they will be exposed at Palazzo delle Esposizioni.

The Palace, in Rome, will host more than 300 findings representing the arts and the culture of this wonderful and mysterious population. Monumental sculptures, onyx reliefs and wall paintings will represent the population beliefs and religious rituals as some clay anthropomorphic braziers, obsidian and green stone sculptures and inlay and painted clay jar, will teach to the visitor of Palazzo delle Esposizioni the myths and the religion of a so far away civilization. What stuns is the decorative and expressive wealth of this pre-atzechian central-american productions, whose reveals the cultural wealth of the Teotihuacan inhabitants.

This is the first great exhibition project on Teotihuacan culture in the world. Don’t miss this occasion: book your hotel in Rome for this Autumn: enjoy the mild Rome of November and the great Teotihuacan.