Museo dell'Ara Pacis - Exterior
Left Side - facing the Tiber River
The expansive, partitioned glass wall along the left side of the museum provides dramatic views of the Ara Pacis within. Because the ground level outside approximates that of the Ara Pacis base within, this is the one position from which one can view one of the two processional friezse from approximately the same angles as seen when the altar was first constructed. On the opposite side of the museum, the ground level is far below the Ara Pacis, distorting views of the other processional frieze.
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 Looking north down the Lungotevere photo May 2010
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 At the center of the photo, the large, cleft-cut travertine-faced wall, separates the museum entry area from the traffic along the Lungotevere. This is the most massive wall of the Meier design. photo May 2010 |
 Looking south along the entire left (west) side of the museum, beside the Lungotevere in Augusta. photo May 2010 |
 Looking northeast along the left (west) glass wall of the museum. photo May 2010
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 View through the glass wall to the grand hall and Ara Pacis within. The tempered glass panes are approximately 5 meters long (ca.16 ½ feet). The ones on the ground level are about 3 meters high (ca. 10 ½ feet), those above about 1 ½ meters high (ca. 5 feet). photo May 2010 |
 Looking southwest along the left (west) glass wall of the museum. photo May 2010
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 View of a portion of the original north side of the Ara Pacis, from outside the tinted glass wall; green reflection photo Oct. 2008
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 Viewers along the sidewalk can view the original north side of the Ara Pacis (now facing the west and Tiber River) from approximately the same angle as when originally constructed. photo Oct. 2008 |
 View of a portion of the original north side of the Ara Pacis, from outside the tinted glass wall; green reflection from trees. photo Oct. 2008
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