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Monuments
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CAMPIDOGLIO
The Capitol was from ancient times a nerve-centre for the... |
PIAZZA NAVONA
It rises on the ancient Domitian Stadium, whose elliptic... |
CIRCO MASSIMO
Circo Massimo was a structure built for people's fun and... |
COLOSSEO
Its true name is Anfiteatro Flavio, everybody knows it by... |
FORI IMPERIALI
The Imperial Forums are composed with: Caesar's Forum,... |
FORO ROMANO
The forum was, for the roman culture, the aggregation point... |
PANTHEON
Pantheon is one of the greatest, the most majestic and best... |
PIAZZA COLONNA
In the middle of Via del Corso is Marco Aurelio's Column,... |
PIAZZA ESEDRA
Piazza della Repubblica, better known as Piazza Esedra,... |
PIAZZA VENEZIA
This famous square stands at the foot of the Capitol and... |
SAN PIETRO
San Peter's Basilica is situated in Cittą del Vaticano, the... |
SINAGOGA
It's the biggest synagogue in Rome, focal point of the most... |
VIA VENETO
One of the most famous and celebrated streets existing in... |
VIALLA BORGHESE
One of the most beautiful villas in Rome, whose project was... |
CAMPO DE' FIORI
This square is famous to have been for a long time the place... |
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FORO ROMANO
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Description
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The forum was, for the roman culture, the aggregation point par excellence: the market, the tribunal, the most important religious buildings were within it. Every epoch had its forum, the Roman Forum was built in the republican age of Rome, but then it was enlarged in the Imperial age.
The zone is quite large and the richness in materials can astonish the visitor who can admire lots of monuments, among which: Titus Arch, built in honour of the Roman conquest of Jerusalem in 70 A. D.; the Basilica of Maxentius, beautiful example of Roman engineering applied to the building of very largely spanned barrel vaults; the Temple of Antonio and Faustina, II century A. D., that emperor Antonio Pio erected in his wife's honour; the Vestal House and Temple, where the Vestals kept the holy fire always alight; the Septimius Severus Arch built in a time of decadence of Roman art; the Holy Road, that goes to Capitoline Hill, and was run along by the army back from a victorious campaign. |
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