Rome, Roman forum

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One of the more interesting ruins to visit, the Foro Romano was the administrative and corporate heart, and the center of political and religious life in ancient Roma. Located east of the Capitoline Hill and west of the Palatine Hill, vast swamps had to be drained before construction could be started in the BC days, and construction, damage, and restoration continued until many centuries AD.
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This photo, snapped while I was in the Roman Forum, was hard to place, until I noticed the statue at the tip of the marble monument to Victor Emmanuel II, in about the center of the photo, and the tower with two openings is Rome’s City Hall, located on Capitol Hill, near the Roman Forum