Your visit

 

January 15 - March 15, 2026
Padiglione 9b
 

Notargiacomo in velocità

January 27 - March 15, 2026
Padiglione 9a
 
 
 

 
Exhibitions opening hours

Monday   closed
Tuesday 11:00am - 08:00pm
Wednesday   11:00am - 08:00pm
Thursday 11:00am - 08:00pm
Friday 11:00am - 08:00pm
Saturday  11:00am - 08:00pm
Sunday    11:00am - 08:00pm
 

Admission is allowed up to one hour before closing
 
The visitor cannot be accompanied, inside the exhibition halls and theaters, by animals of any size or kind

Where we are

 
 
 
 
MATTATOIO

Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, 4

00153 Rome


Info

info.mattatoio@palaexpo.it

 

How to reach us

Underground line B or B1 (alight at Piramide)

Tram number 3 (alight at Marmorata / Galvani)

Bus  719 (alight at Galvani / Zabaglia) 170 - 781 (alight at L.go Marzi)

Spaces

The architectural complex known as the Mattatoio di Testaccio, built by Gioacchino Ersoch between 1888 and 1891, is considered one of the most important surviving examples of industrial archaeology in the city on account of the modernity and originality of its structure.

The restoration project, based on an idea by Zoneattive, kicked off in the early 2000s. The construction site was opened in 2006 and completed in 2010, the renovation work involving the conversion of the pavilions used for water storage, pig-meat processing and as slaughterhouses.

Over the years, the management – run by the Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali's Musei in Comune until 2017 – developed  a pathway devoted to contemporary art which also benefited from the presence in the Mattatoio complex both of Roma Tre University's Faculty of Architecture and of some of the Accademia di Belle Arti's lecture theatres. 

 

Rome the Capital City entrusted the Azienda Speciale Palaexpo with the management of a substantial portion of the Mattatoio from 2018 to 2025. From now on, these spaces are to be managed by the new Fondazione Mattatoio di Roma – Città delle arti.

The spaces in question are part of a complex that lies at the heart of a requalification scheme for the creation of an artistic and cultural production and research cluster designed to promote an incisive contemporary image of the city, recording its development and stimulating its evolution. 

Gli originari padiglioni che caratterizzano l’intero complesso architettonico di Gioacchino Ersoch, testimoniano il passaggio dal classicismo alla modernità e costituiscono un importante esempio storico dell’architettura industriale monumentale e razionale della fine del XIX Secolo.

The Pelanda is a large area of roughly 5,000 sq. mt and a precious example of industrial architecture in an area once devoted to pig-meat processing. The project is the result of a careful renovation programme which, among other things, has preserved the structures and furnishings of the so-called "Gallery of Cisterns".

Team


Cecilia Guerrieri Paleotti
Coordinamento organizzativo spazi culturali

Annalisa Grisi
Coordinamento produzione e organizzazione mostre, spettacoli e eventi

Maria Giovanna Virga
Coordinamento produzione e organizzazione mostre, spettacoli e eventi


Maria Giulia Pavin, Anita Suppa
Comunicazione

Marco Cinquegrana
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Piergiorgio Paris, Federica Mariani
Ufficio stampa

Paolo Pezza
Luca Caselli, Marcello Fagnani
Silvia Albini, Cristina Piccione

Ufficio Tecnico e Progettazione

Edoardo Brunetti, Ornella Fabretti
Progettazione grafica

Azienda Speciale Palaexpo

The Azienda Speciale Palaexpo is an instrumental entity of the City of Rome.
It is currently one of the most important organising bodies for exhibitions and cultural events in Italy and, on behalf of Rome the Capital City, it manages the Palazzo Esposizioni Roma, the MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, the Museo delle Periferie scheme and the cultural events calendar of La Pelanda and the Padiglione 9a and 9b at the Mattatoio di Roma, the future Città delle Arti. Thus, in effect, the Azienda Speciale Palaexpo manages a fully integrated system of venues and events for cultural purposes, capable of reaching out to a substantial and meaningful audience.


 
Sindaco di Roma Capitale
Roberto Gualtieri

Assessore alla Cultura
Massimiliano Smeriglio

 

Board of Directors
Marco Delogu, President
Ivana Della Portella, Vice President
Mino Dinoi
Francesca Barbi Marinetti 
Manuela Veronelli

 

Director General  
Fabio Merosi


Board of Statutory Auditors
Maurizio Petrucci, President
Adriano Corsetti
Gabriele Rinaldi

 
Operations and Human Resources Director
Daniela Picconi
 
Director for Legal Office
Andrea Landolina