ROMAN FORUM

INTRODUCTION

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Let me start telling you about the history of the Roman Forum as you walk through the grandiose ruins of the Eternal City, among Capitoline Hill, Palatine Hill, and the Colosseum. First of all, you...

ITINERARY START

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I suggest starting your tour through the Forum from above, at the arches of the Tabularium, which is the imposing building you can see under Capitoline Hill, or from the panoramic balconies behind the...

CURIA AND BASILICAS

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You're now at the Curia Julia, a simple and sober brick structure which is one of the best preserved monuments in the Forum, both because it was transformed into the Christian church of Sant'Adriano,...

TEMPLES AND SANTA MARIA ANTIQUA

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Next to the area with the Julia Basilica, on top of a podium you can see three beautiful, grooved columns with leaf capitals holding up a piece of a lintel. They have almost become the symbol of the...

ARCH OF TITUS AND BASILICA OF MAXENTIUS

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You'll likely have heard the Roman Forum's monuments praised for their great practicality that's owed to careful attention to construction techniques, the use and combination of materials,...

PALATINE HILL

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Until the first century BC, Palatine Hill was an elegant residential area, but when the first emperor Augustus established his official residence here, it became a fairy-tale residence: starting with...