Ancient Rome
One of two palazzi housing the Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori dates to the mid-15th century when it was the seat of the city's elected…
Must-see attractions in Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome
A series of column stubs and littered masonry near the entrance to the Roman Forum on Largo della Salara Vecchia are all that remain of the Basilica…
Ancient Rome
The most dramatic approach to Piazza del Campidoglio is via this graceful staircase from Piazza d'Aracoeli. Designed by Michelangelo, it was built with…
Ancient Rome
This baths complex on the Palatino was built by the emperor Domitian, finished by Settimio Severo, after whom its named, and later modified by Maxentius…
Ancient Rome
Eight granite columns are all that remain of the Tempio di Saturno, one of the Roman Forum's landmark sights. Inaugurated in 497 BC and subsequently…
Ancient Rome
Dating to the 2nd century BC, the circular Tempio di Ercole Vincitore is the oldest marble temple in Rome. Twenty Corinthian columns surround the compact…
Ancient Rome
At the Domus Augustana, SUPER ticket holders can visit the Aula Isiaca, a frescoed room from a luxurious Republican-era house, and the Loggia Mattei, a…
Ancient Rome
The Colonna di Foca marks the centre of Piazza del Foro, the Roman Forum's principal square. The last monument erected on the forum, it was built in…
Ancient Rome
An extension to the main imperial palace on the Palatino, the Domus was constructed by the emperor Settimio Severo between the end of the 2nd century AD…
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The historic seat of Rome's city council lords it over Piazza del Campidoglio. It originally dates to the 12th century, but it owes much of its present…
Ancient Rome
Flanking Piazza del Campidoglio, this 18th-century palazzo (mansion) houses part of the Capitoline Museums and its outstanding collection of classical…
Ancient Rome
This temple, also known as the Tempio del Divo Giulio, was built by Augustus in 29 BC on the spot in the Roman Forum where Julius Caesar's body was…
Ancient Rome
Three Corinthian columns are all that's left of this 1st-century AD temple, built on the Roman Forum by Domitian in honour of his brother Titus, and…
Ancient Rome
At the foot of the Campidoglio hill in the Roman Forum, this 12-columned portico belonged to one of ancient Rome's last pagan shrines, dating to the 4th…
Ancient Rome
Now a series of stubby ruins on the Roman Forum, the Basilica Giulia was begun by Julius Caesar and subsequently finished by Augustus.
Ancient Rome
A series of towering arches in the southern area of the Palatino built to facilitate the development of the imperial residence.
Ancient Rome
This gallery space inside Il Vittoriano regularly hosts major art exhibitions.
Ancient Rome
A busy thoroughfare, Piazza Bocca della Verità stands on what was once ancient Rome’s cattle market, the Forum Boarium. Little remains from that period…
Ancient Rome
Now a huge basin of dusty grass, Circo Massimo was ancient Rome’s largest chariot racetrack, a 250,000-seater capable of holding up to a quarter of the…
Ancient Rome
An elaborate podium overlooking what was the main square on the Roman Forum, this is where Shakespeare had Mark Antony make his famous 'Friends, Romans,…
Ancient Rome
Commissioned by Augustus in 42 BC and completed 40 years later, the Forum of Augustus is largely buried beneath Via dei Fori Imperiali. Its main…
Ancient Rome
At the foot of the Campidoglio, next to the Aracoeli staircase, you'll see the ruins of a 2nd-century apartment block (insula). The ground floor is…
Ancient Rome
Caesar's Forum sits at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, on the opposite side of Via dei Fori Imperiali to most of the other Imperial Forums. Caesar…
Ancient Rome
This 130m-long tunnel (accessible only with the SUPER ticket) is where Caligula is thought to have been murdered, and which Nero later used to connect his…
Ancient Rome
A few marble remnants are all that survive of the Miliarium Aureum, a bronze-clad column erected by Augustus in 20 BC that served as the symbolic starting…
Ancient Rome
According to tradition, these Iron Age huts on the Palatino, also known as the Casa Romuli, are where Romulus and Remus were brought up by the shepherd…
Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda
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Fronted by soaring columns, the Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda occupies the 2nd-century Tempio di Antonino e Faustina on the Roman Forum. Dating to the…
Ancient Rome
The Foro di Vespasiano, also known as the Foro della Pace (Forum of Peace) or Tempio della Pace (Temple of Peace), was built in AD 70 by Vespasian. Part…
Museo Centrale del Risorgimento
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Inside the Vittoriano, this small museum charts the history of Italy from the late 18th century through unification to WWI. Exhibits include documents,…
Ancient Rome
A series of grey granite columns is all that remains of the Basilica Ulpia, a vast 40m-high hall that once stood in Trajan's Forum. Built in the early 2nd…
Ancient Rome
Although named after the emperor Nerva, who opened it in the late 1st century AD, this forum was largely built by his predecessor Domitian. Part of a…
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Despite its name, this four-fronted 4th-century arch was probably dedicated to the emperor Constantine or Constantatius II. In ancient times cattle…
Ancient Rome
This was originally the main square and meeting place on the Roman Forum. Its main feature is the free-standing Colonna di Foca.
Ancient Rome
This classic Republican-era temple dedicated to the god of rivers and ports, Portunus, owes its current state of preservation to the fact that it was…
Ancient Rome
This red-brick tower rises above the Mercati di Traiano (Markets of Trajan). Built in the 13th century, it was owned by several of the warring families…
Ancient Rome
Overshadowed by the Campidoglio hill, this Roman Forum temple is a 1st-century reconstruction of an earlier 4th-century BC sanctuary.
Ancient Rome
Hidden by scaffolding on the Roman Forum, the Lapis Niger ('Black Stone' in Latin) is a large slab of black marble that covered an underground area said…
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About 250m down from the Colosseum, this is the main entrance/exit for the Palatino (Palatine Hill).
Ancient Rome
The main entrance/exit for the Roman Forum is just off Via dei Fori Imperiali.
Roman Forum & Palatino Entrance
Ancient Rome
This entrance gives access to both the Roman Forum and Palatino.
