Category: Travel Photography

As you leave the Colosseum and climb the hill  (Via dei Fori Imperiali) towards Piazza Venezia, the Forum of Caesar is along the left side of the road.  It sits in front of the older part of the Roman Forum which is seen in the background; just behind the Senate House of…

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The Temple of Venus Genetrix is a ruined temple in the Forum of Caesar, Rome, dedicated to the Roman goddess Venus Genetrix, the goddess of motherhood and domesticity. It was dedicated to the goddess in 46 BCE by Julius Caesar. Caesar originally planned to build the temple to Venus Victrix,…

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This forum was built on the order of the emperor Trajan with the spoils of war from the conquest of Dacia, which ended in 106. The Fasti Ostienses state that the Forum was inaugurated in 112, while Trajan’s Column was erected and then inaugurated in 113. Trajan’s Forum was the…

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If you walk up the hill from the Colosseum you have the Roman Forum and the Forum of Caesar on your left and towards the top of the hill the Forum of Augustus and the Trajan Market on your right.  Just at the end of the Trajan Market set two…

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The Temple of Vesta is an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy, located in the Roman Forum near the Regia and the House of the Vestal Virgins. The temple’s most recognizable feature is its circular footprint. Since the worship of Vesta began in private homes, the architecture seems to be a…

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The Temple of Castor and Pollux is an ancient edifice in the Roman Forum, Rome, central Italy. It was originally built in gratitude for victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus (495 BC). Castor and Pollux (Greek Polydeuces) were the Dioscuri, the “twins” of Gemini, the twin sons of Zeus…

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Once at the top of the castle walls, you have a great view of Rome; 270 degree view or more.  Here are a few images of that view and a few panoramas. A view twoards the Vatican from a little cafe where we had a pastry and coffee A zoomed in view…

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