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The Roman Forum served as Rome's bustling core, a meeting place for citizens of various social classes, where business was conducted, shopping occurred, and fine food and wine were enjoyed. It was a crowded and cosmopolitan space, attracting people from around the world, including wealthy merchants , slaves , Roman nobles , and vendors .
Rome is a beautiful city full of history and culture. Around every corner you'll come across architectural and art treasures. Around every corner you'll come across architectural and art treasures. There is so much to see and do it's sometimes hard to know where to start, and how to get the most out of your trip.
From the Middle Ages onwards, the Colosseum has been one of Rome's and the world's greatest marvels, attracting hoards of visitors. Threatened with demolition by Sixtus V for town-planning reasons, it was declared a sacred monument dedicated to the Passion of Christ by Benedict XIV, placing a cross on a pedestal, as a symbol of the sufferings ...
Rome was a cosmopolitan city, filled with people from Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Along its streets one could go from one extreme to another; from the smiles of the Roman women to the prostitutes on the street corners, from the perfume of temple incense to the pungent smells of cooking food, from the gold of the monuments to the ...
Its name more than likely derives from the temple of Capitoline Jove, the most important temple of ancient Rome dedicated to the trinity of Jove, Juno and Minerva. In the beginning, this temple was nothing more than a simple altar; the true temple was probably begun by the last two kings of Rome and completed around the beginning of the ...
Porticus Octaviae (Portico di Ottavia) The Portico of Ottavia is one of the most charming passageways in Rome.It was erected in 146 B.C. at the southernmost point of Campus Martius by Quintus Caecilius Metellus, who also built the Temple of Juno Regina in this area.
This episode, together with the various thefts of building material that occurred in those years to monuments of ancient Rome, consigned the Barberini family to history with the famous saying: “What the barbarians didn’t do to Rome the Barberini did!”.
Campus Martius is the Roman district that boasts some of the most famous monuments in the world.. During the age of ancient Rome, it was an extensive area outside the official city boundaries (the Pomerium), occupying a large, flat region at a bend in the Tiber to the north of the Quirinale and the Campidoglio.
Michelangelo proposed adding the Palazzo Nuovo to form a piazza in the shape of a trapezium, embellished with Classical sculptures chosen for their relevance to Rome. Building started in 1546 but progressed so slowly that Michelangelo only lived to oversee the double flight of steps at the entrance of Palazzo Senatorio .
Colosseum & Roman Forum The Colosseum Entrance of the Roman Forum The Basilica Emilia The Curia and the Comitium The Via Sacra and the Arch of Septimius Severus