Colosseum to Musei Capitolini via Roman Forum

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Colosseum & Arch of Constantine

So start off to the side of the Colosseum & the Arch of Constantine and head west to the entrance of the Roman Forum.

Roman Forum

• Arch of Titus 
     
• Via Sacra
• Temple of the Vestil Virgins
• Temple of Julius Caesar - spot of Caesar's cremation
• Lapas Niger
• Curia - Roman Senate building
• Arch of Septimus Severus

Forum of  Augustus

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Forum Hotel

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    • Restaurant on roof top
    • http://www.hotelforumrome.com/

Tajan's Markets

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Trajan's Column

Shows a pictorial history of the Dacian war in what is now Romania.

Piazza Venezia

• Traffic Chaos
• Museo del Palazzo di Venezia

Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II

• Looks somewhat like what Ancient Rome must have looked like 'back in the day'

Santa Maria in Aracoeli

• The Steps!

Musei Capitolini

• Piazza designed by Michelangelo
• Bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius (Emperor from Gladiator)
• Huge statue of Constantine the Great

 

View of St Peters from Santa Maria in Aracoeli

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Other walking tour pages

Rome Walking Tour #1 - Page 2 - Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore 

Rome Walking Tour #1 - Page 3 - Cavour Station & Steps, San Pietro in Vincoli - St Peter in Chains, Domus Aurea, Colosseum

Rome Walking Tour #2 - Colosseum to Musei Capitolini via Roman Forum

Rome Walking Tour #3 - Spanish Steps to Piazza Navona

Rome Walking Tour #4 - Outside Trips