A journey that takes you away from reality, plunges you into a parallel world, history binding the two: from February 4th, the huge “Golden Palace” belonging to Emperor Nero will come to life with a multimedia tour of Domus Aurea in Rome.

The experience affords many a thrill: visitors float through time, centuries and millennia flowing beneath their feet. The virtual reality viewer first steeps the austere walls of Domus Aurea into utter darkness, only lit by the 14th-century torches during the visits of master painters Pinturicchio or Raphael, then backs up to light the colonnades and lush gardens.