Monday, 4 March 2013

Roman Forum Photos

After visiting the Colosseum we headed on over to the see the ruins of the Roman Forum.

Roman Forum and Helicopter

I still know so very little about the ins and outs of the site's history (that was the one big thing I did learn) so I'm not going to try and explain anything or describe the place (for that sort of thing here are a couple of links - Roman Forum on wikipedia and 'Digital Roman Forum'), rather I'm just going to do the timeless 'slide show' photo dump and let you see some of the same things our photoreceptor faceballs did on the day we visited.

Basilica of Maxentius in Rome

Panorama of Basilica of Maxentius

Basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano
Basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano

Temple of Julius Caesar
Temple of Julius Caesar

The Forum itself and other surrounding buildings.
Foro Romano Ruins

Roman Forum Panorama

Classical roman columns

Foro Romano Panorama

Religious building ruins Rome

Roman Forum

Forum Pillar Rome

Roman Ruins

Rome and Roman Forum

Roman Forum Archeology

The Forum and the surrounding area was very much worth a visit - we didn't even get around half of the overall site and whilst we were there you could even watch the ongoing archaeological efforts in action. If you're into your Roman history I'd say you'd need to give yourself a good day to really take it in. I'd love to go back and see more of it.

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