Aula Isiaca

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At the Domus Augustana, SUPER ticket holders can visit the Aula Isiaca, a frescoed room from a luxurious Republican-era house, and the Loggia Mattei, a Renaissance-era loggia decorated by Baldassarre Peruzzi.

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