The Colosseum Archaeological Park reopens the House of the Vestal Virgins to the public fully on 6 July following an extensive restoration that began in 2013. The Atrium Vestae, or Casa delle Vestali, is located next to the Temple of Vesta in the eastern side of the Roman Forum, at the foot of the Palatine Hill.

"It is the first step of a complex research and restoration programme," explains the director of the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo, Alfonsina Russo, who told Italian news agency ANSA that the move is part of a wider approach to allow visitors to rediscover the "extraordinary monuments" in the World Heritage Site.