Ancient Rome Tourist Attractions

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´ Rome is one large, ancient attraction for tourists.Stones from early sites later were used to build anddecorate churches and palaces. Obelisks andcolumns were taken from ruins and placed atopRenaissance fountains. Statuary was dug up anddisplayed in museums and public squares. Often, itis hard to tell where ancient and modern begin andend. Still, despite the ravages of time, some sites

stand apart, symbolizing the power of ancient Romeand the Roman passion for beauty in art andarchitecture.



ROMAN COLISEUM´

� The Roman coliseum was originally known as the "Flavian Amphitheater". It is

a massive and huge building of the ancient Roman Empire. The Roman

Emperor Vespasian initiated the construction of the Roman Coliseum in the

year 70 AD. He was the founder of the Flavian dynasty.

� One of Rome's most famous buildings and enduring monuments to the culture

of the ancient Romans.

� The Colosseum was a place where a lot of people could sit and watch

entertainment. The entertainment was mostly people killing animals, orpeople killing each other. It was almost exactly like a football stadium today. It

was built of concrete and marble and limestone.



� The amphitheater was mastered by the Greeks and was usually built into a hillside(s)thereby taking advantage of the natural slope of the banks to create seating whichoverlooked the lower arena - as was done with the Circus Maximus which sits in thevalley between the Aventine and Palatine hills. The ancient Roman Colosseum was thefirst free-standing amphitheater.

´ The ancient Roman Colosseum was designed (as with so many other ancient Romanbuildings) using the principle of the Arch. There are 80 entrance arches that run alongthe perimeter of the external and internal walls and many more also run to the center(like spokes from a bicycle wheel) creating the internal corridors and tunnels that runaround the structure.

´ It has an elliptical (oval) plan with a length of 189m (620 feet), height 48m (158 feet)and width 156m (512 feet). The central area of the arena is 88m (287 ft) long and 55m(180 ft) wide. The wall surrounding the Arena and protecting the spectators was 5m(15 ft) high.



ROME COLISEUM EXTERIOR BACK GROUND VIEW



ROME COLISEUM INTERIOR FLOOR PERSPECTIVE



ROME COLISEUM ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHES



ROME COLISEUM FROM THE CITY



ROME COLISEUM VIEW UNDER THE STANDS



ROME COLISEUM MODEL



ROMAN FORUM

� The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum) was the political and economical

centre of Rome during the Republic. It emerged as such in the 7th

century BCE and maintained this position well into the Imperial period,

when it was reduced to a monumental area. It was mostly abandonedat the end of the 4th century.

� The Forum Romanum is located in a valley between theCapitoline

Hill on the west, the Palatine Hill on the south, the Velia on the east and

Quirinal Hill and the Esquiline Hill to the north. The Velia was levelled in

Antiquity.



´ The importance of the Forum area is indicated by the presence of many of the central political, religious and judicial buildings

in Rome. The Regia was the residence of the kings, and later of

the rex sacrorum and pontifex maximus; the Curia, was the

meeting place of the Senate; and theComitium and the Rostra,

where public meetings were held. Major temples and sanctuaries

in the Forum include the Temple of Castor and Pollux, the Temple

of Saturn and the Temple of Vesta. Commercial and judicial

activities took place in the basilicas; the two remaining are

the Basilica Aemilia and the Basilica Julia. Due to the politicalimportance of the area there were also numerous honorary

monuments.



³THE AREA OF THE FORUM ROMANUM SEEN

FROM THE PALATINE HILL



ARCH OF TITUS



ARCH OF SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS



TEMPLE OF SATURN



BASILICA OF MAXENTIUS



TEMPLEOF ANTONINUS AND FAUSTINA



THE CURIA



ROMAN FORUM



PATHEON ,ROME

´ The Pantheon Latin: P antheon, from Greek:, an

adjective meaning "to every god") is a building

in Rome, Italy, commissioned byMarcus Agrippa as

a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome, and rebuiltby Emperor Hadrianin about 126 AD. The nearly-

contemporary writer (2nd3rd centuries AD), Cassius Dio,

speculated that the name comes either from the statues

of so many gods placed around this building, or else from

the resemblance of the dome to the heavens.



� The Pantheon is a magnificent ancient temple in Rome that was laterconverted into the church of Santa Maria ad Martyres. Dating from 125

AD, this is the most complete ancient building in Rome and one of the

city's most spectacular sights.

´ The Pantheon was the largest concrete structure in the world.

Michelangelo studied its great dome before starting work on the dome

of St. Peter's Basilica.

´ The Pantheon is the burial place of several important Italians (includingthe artist Raphael), and it remains an active church. It is a major tourist

destination and a popular place for weddings



AERIAL VIEW OF THE PANTHEON



EXTERIOR OF THEGREAT PANTHEON



THEMAGNIFICENT FACADE OF THE PANTHEON



GLIMPSEOF THE PANTHEON FROM THE PIAZZA MARIA SOPRA MINERVA



SIDE VIEW OF THE PANTHEON'S EXTERIOR.



ROMAN COLUMNS AND CAPITALS INSIDE THE PORTICO



THE HUGE DOORWAY AND A GLIMPSE OF THE INTERIOR



PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE PANTHEON'S INTERIOR



CIRCO DI MASSENZIO

� This large area of lovely green countryside contains one of the best

preserved Roman circuses. It was built by Emperor Maxentius for his

private use, before his defeat and death at the hands of co-ruler

Constantine in AD 312. Remains of the Imperial palace are perched

above the track, at its northern end. Earthenware jugs (amphorae) wereinserted into the upper sections of the long walls: their empty volume

helped lighten the load above the vaults. Also at the north end is the

mausoleum Maxentius built for his beloved son Romulus. To the left,

forming a wall of a farmhouse, is a mausoleum thought to have

belonged to the Servilius family. Underneath other ancient ruins next tothe road lie more catacombs, largely unexcavated.



CIRCO DI MASSENZIO TORRI



TERME DI CARACALLA

´ The terme, or baths, of Caracalla are considered to be

among ancient Rome's most impressive ruins. The sheer

size--they could accommodate up to 1,600 people--shows

how Romans thought and built on a grand scale. The

complex covered 24 acres and included not only baths and

steam rooms, but shops, libraries, gymnasiums, a swimming

pool and gardens. There are almost six miles of tunnels

under the baths, where slaves maintained the plumbing

systems.



TERME DI CARACALLA







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