Side opposite Augustus
original north side
Facade
I prefer to describe this as the "Side opposite Augustus" or "original north side", occasionally "north side" for brevity. However, I prefer never to use the term “north” alone, because it is not intuitively obvious and can even be misleading to many people; because what is sometimes called the "north", its approximate original orientation, faces the Tiber River to the west as seen today.
Unlike the original south side with Augustus, this side can be seen, from outside the museum, approximately from its original ground level.
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Original north side, opposite the side with Augustus, seen from outside the museum. photo July-Oct. 2008 |
Original north side, opposite the side with Augustus, as seen from outside the museum through tinted glass with reflections of trees, etc. photo July-Oct. 2008 |
Guard is standing inside the museum; cars and trees relected in museum windows. photo July-Oct. 2008 |
"Plate 4 - North side of the monument", print by "Leporini, Roma". Planar elevation. Although, from outside the museum, it is possible to see the original north side approximately as shown in this print, this is an especially useful image. Scanned from Giuseppe Moretti, L'Ara Pacis Augustae; Rome, 2005 (1st ed. 1948), vol.2, pl.4. Courtesy of the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome. Reproduced with appreciation.
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"Plate 11 - Figurative and floral frieze on the north side". Composite photograph of processional and scrolling acanthus friezes, as reconstructed in 1938. Scanned from Giuseppe Moretti, L'Ara Pacis Augustae; Rome, 2005 (1st ed. 1948), vol.2, pl.11. Courtesy of the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome. Reproduced with appreciation.
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"Plastic model of the Ara Pacis Augustae Scale 1:10 On display in the Musee dell'Ara Pacis. Reproduced with appreciation. photo May 2010
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Looking from the public approach front photo July 2008
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Original cut to allow drainage from the inside, presumably for ritual blood and rainwater. If for rainwater, this shows that the altar was not roofed. photo July-Oct. 2008
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Modern cut in new piece of marble, where original cut for drainage would have been, deliberately avoiding misleading imitation. photo July-Oct. 2008
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