Palatino and Museo Palatino |
Foro Romano Roma, Largo della Salara Vecchia 5/6 |
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Foro Romano The valley of Foro, nestled between the seven hills of Rome, was in ancient times a marsh. From the end of the seventh century B.C., after the improvement and drainage of the marshes, the Foro Romano (a forum) was constructed and this served as the centre of public life in Rome for over a thousand years. Over the course of the centuries, the various monuments were constructed: firstly, those structures which served political, religious and economic purposes and, later, during the second century B.C., the civil buildings or ‘basilicas’, which functioned as juridical centres. At the end of the Republic era of Ancient Rome, the Foro Romano was inadequate in its functioning as a civil and administrative centre. The various Emperors and their dynasties added only monuments of prestige: The Temple of Vespasian and Titus and that of Antoninus Pio and Faustina dedicated to the memory of the Divine Emperors, the monumental arch of Settimo Severo, built on the extreme west of the square in 203 A.D. to celebrate his military victories. The last great addition was made in the first years of the fourth century A.D. under the Emperor Massenzio, a temple dedicated to the memory of his son Romulus. The imposing Basilica on the Velia was restructured at the end of the fourth century A.D. and the last monument to be erected in the Foro was the Column of 608 A.D. in honour of the Byzantine Emperor Foca. Copyright © 2003-2007 Pierreci The Roman Forum, Forum Romanum, (although the Romans called it more often the Forum Magnum or just the Forum) was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce and the administration of justice took place. The communal hearth was also located here. It was built on the site of a past cemetery. Sequences of remains of paving show that sediment eroded from the surrounding hills was already raising the level of the forum in early Republican times. Originally it had been marshy ground, which was drained by the Tarquins with the Cloaca Maxima. Its final travertine paving, still visible, dates from the reign of Augustus. Structures within the Forum Temples Other structures Excavation and preservation A cardinal took measures to drain it again and built the Alessandrine neighborhood over it. But the excavation by Carlo Fea, who began clearing the debris from the Arch of Septimius Severus in 1803, and archaeologists under the Napoleonic regime marked the beginning of clearing the Forum, which was only fully excavated in the early 20th century. Remains from several centuries are shown together, due to the Roman practice of building over earlier ruins. Other forums in Rome The Forum Boarium, dedicated to the commerce of cattle, between the Palatine Hill and the river Tiber, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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TEMPLE OF ROMULUS Structure and art The Basilica and the history of medicine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Cooperativa IL SOGNO - Viale Regina Margherita, 192 - 00198 ROMA |
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Palatino and Museo Palatino According to ancient tradition, it was on this hill that the first settlement of Rome was made by Romulus in the middle of the eighth century B.C. Excavations have revealed huts and tombs from the Iron Age and, recently, an ancient fortification. The Palatino was also the centre for some important cults as, for example, that of Magna Mater (Cibele). Between the second and first centuries B.C. it became a residential quarter for the Roman aristocracy. In this period the House of Grifi, famous for its pictures, was built. The Emperor Augustus made the Palatino his official power-centre and initiated a building programme which saw the construction of imperial palaces, and various restructuring and enlargement of existing buildings built by previous emperors. The museum is located in Caesar’s Palace where, among the monuments collected from the hill site, various artefacts of Iron Age tombs and works of art from imperial buildings are exhibited. The most stunning of these works of art are the decorative pictures in the lecture room of Isiaca. Copyright © 2003-2007 Pierreci |
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FORO ROMANO 8:30 am - 4:30 pm from January 2 to February 15 Closed January 1, December 25. Ticket office closes one hour before closing time |
PALATINO AND MUSEO PALATINO Opening hours from 8:30 am to one hour before sunset (Good Friday 8:30 am - 2 pm, June 2 1:30 pm - 7:45 pm): 8:30 am - 4:30 pm from January 2 to February 15 Closed January 1, December 25. Ticket office closes one hour before closing time |
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COLOSSEO/FORO ROMANO and PALATINO valid 2 days: ADULTS € 11,00 (exhibitions included) + € 1,50 reservation + agency fees REDUCED FEE € 6,50 (exhibitions included) + € 1,50 reservation + agency fees FREE ENTRANCE for persons under 18 and over 65 years old from the European Union |
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Cooperativa IL SOGNO - Viale Regina Margherita, 192 - 00198 ROMA |
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Cooperativa IL SOGNO - Viale Regina Margherita, 192 - 00198 ROMA |
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