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Maurizio Rossi Lighting Design, IALD

In 2003, an elegant restaurant, "Mastai", opened in the center of Renaissance Rome, near the 12 th century Castel St. Angelo, and was soon honoured with one star by the prestigious Michelin guide. Because of the very limited size of this restaurant, along with it's growing success, almost every day a number of potential clients had to be turned away. For this unexpected, though welcome, reason, the owners decided to create a larger restaurant and to include a garden area for outdoor dining. The ideal location was found in the Colle Oppio area of Rome in a park which included the ancient Roman ruins of both the Mecenate Villa ( 1st century B.C): and the Trajan Baths (1century A.D.) . The new restaurant in this location would have these splendid ruins as a backdrop.