Tag: roman columns

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Temple of Venus and Roma - Roman Forum, Rome - Columns above the Ancient City

Reconstructed columns of the Temple of Venus and Roma frame a layered view across the archaeological remains of the Roman Forum.

Le Colonnacce - Forum of Nerva, Rome - Minerva above the Ancient Columns

The richly decorated Colonnacce survive from the Forum of Nerva, with Corinthian columns, an ancient frieze and the figure of Minerva still visible above.

Basilica Ulpia - Trajan’s Forum, Rome - Columns across the Ancient Forum

Tall columns rise above the remains of the Basilica Ulpia in Trajan’s Forum, revealing the scale of one of ancient Rome’s greatest civic buildings.

Basilica Ulpia - Trajan’s Forum, Rome - Marble Pavement and Ancient Columns

A close view of the Basilica Ulpia reveals ancient columns, reconstructed bases and sections of patterned marble pavement within Trajan’s Forum in Rome.

Basilica Ulpia - Trajan’s Forum, Rome - Ancient Columns beneath Baroque Domes

The surviving columns and marble pavement of the Basilica Ulpia stand within Trajan’s Forum, framed by Trajan’s Column and the domed churches of central Rome.

Temple of Saturn - Roman Forum, Rome - Ancient Columns above the Forum

The surviving columns of the Temple of Saturn rise prominently above the ruins of the Roman Forum, surrounded by layers of ancient architecture in central Rome.

Imperial Fora - Rome, Italy - Ancient Caesar beneath the Vittoriano

The ruins of Caesar’s Forum stretch across the foreground while the monumental Vittoriano rises above them, bringing two very different periods of Roman history into one view.

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