The Roman Forum Imposing Especially at Night
Coming from a music theatre background, all I ever think about when thinking of the Roman Forum is “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” Sondheim lyrics swirled through my head as we whizzed around Rome on our Vespas during our Apartments in Rome, bloggers trip with House Trip.
The Roman Forum at Night
Roman Forum - Incredible at night
Dave and I had walked by the Roman Forum earlier in the week and couldn’t figure out what it was. What is even more funny is that we walked by another set of ruins earlier that day and said to ourselves “that must be the Forum. We convinced ourselves that some pillars and steps along the road was the Roman Forum and that this place was some left over palace of some sort.
Great travellers we are, we can’t even find the Roman Forum when we’re staring straight at it! Luckily we took a tour on a Vespa during our final few days in Rome and got our history and geography lesson all at once. We learned that this was indeed the Forum but we never did figure out what those other ruins were.
We did learn that Mussolini built a roadway right through the ancient city during the communist times dividing the Forum and other structures in half. With little regard for history, the communist regime split the ancient city in half. So those ruins that we saw on the other side of the road were are part of the complex at one point in history.
If you haven’t been to Rome, get yourself there, it’s one of the most unique cities on the planet. And hey! Now you know what the Roman Forum looks like so you won’t have to walk around wondering where it is like Dave and I did!
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Stunning, such a shame about the road thru it.
Absolutely stunning! Should be on the cover of National Geographic!!!
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Gorgeous photo, love the light!
What amazing photography! Stunning. Did you use any HDR?
Those ruins remind me of the Acropolis in Athens. It is amazing how traces of ancient civilizations have been preserved and are now available for the generations to observe, treasure and investigate. Despite the fact I am not into archaeology at all, I should admit this is of particular interest to me, as well.
Love the foto grandiose!
I live in Italy ( Milan) and I am Greek so I totally resonated with this amazing foto!
Haha that is quite a funny story. I can relate when I traveled to Japan and every time I thought I had “found” the right shrine I had heard about from my friends it ended up being a totally different one. Then realizing later that I had passed it much earlier on. It’s all part of the traveling experience though. We wouldn’t be very true to the word “tourist” if we didn’t get lost and confused once in a while
Really nice colors and details.
tempting photos…could not close the page for hours
What a superb shot!! Looks truly amazing.
A lovely dream looking here. Thanks for nice picture.
You’re welcome Orlando, glad you liked it. Seeing the Forum was like a dream. We’ve seen in on screen and in magazines so many times before, but to see it in real life is awe inspiring.
Neat photo. I enjoyed browsing through your blog.
I recently began blogging myself. If you have a moment, check out my admittedly quirky travel blog at http://www.travelbyterry.com. It’s a fun read, or meant to be at least. ;0)
Safe travels!
Totally amazing photos! The light is amazing.
Thanks Carl, cheers.
my nexxt holiday w’ll be there
Wicked, enjoy!
Excellent photo! very nice combinations of colors..love it!
Thank you very much, glad you liked it!
It is amazing. The traces of ancient civilizations have been preserved and are now available for the generations to observe, treasure and investigate
The Roman Forum at Night picture is amazing….