A Forum full of atmosphere.
One added bonus to visiting the Colosseum is that your ticket also gets you entry into the area that used to be the Forum, the commercial and administrative heart of Ancient Rome. Just wandering around these ruins is a truly spiritual experience.
You can imagine yourself rubbing shoulders with stall-holders selling tomatoes and Roman Senators out on a shopping trip to buy new daggers.
You can read some of the history displayed on rather wordy signboards
Similarly at the ruins of the Temple of Vesta with its famous virgins.
Well worth a morning’s exploration.
But spare a thought for the poor benighted men and women who work for Rome’s Urban Planning Department. It must be quite a challenge to plan any substantial building work in Rome, because every time you put a shovel into the ground, you are likely to discover another priceless archaeological site! They are currently trying to extend the Rome Underground and building a station right next to the Forum! It must be a nightmare!
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