Identifier: handbookofromeca00john (find matches)
Title: A handbook of Rome and the Campagna
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: John Murray (Firm)
Subjects: Rome (Italy) -- Guidebooks
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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The CiTv. Boute G.—Temple of Vespasian. ■57 *view of tin; Forum. Proceeding ontho W. sidu until tliis view is obtained,on the 1. we see the three liutedtuluiuus of the Temple of Vespasian,the Arch of Septiiuius Severus, andtho eight untluted colunms of theTemple of Saturn. Beyond is theColumn of Phocas, and below, infront, the Basilica Jnlin, backed bythe three beautiful colunnis of theTemple of Castor. To the rt. arethe bare brick walls of the Templeof Augustus, above which rises thePalatine. Below the Palatine are thescattered ruins of the Temples ofYesta and Julius Caesar; further tothe 1. on the further side of theexcavated area are the Temple ofFaustina (S. Lorenzo in JMir.mda), andthe round Temple of Romulus (SS.Cosma e Damiauo). Be.v,ond theseare seen two arches of the Basilicaof Constantine, the Church of S.Francesca Komana, the Arch of Titus,at the summit of tlie Sacra Via, andin the distaufc the Colosieum. Immediately below the near wall onthe 1., at the S. side of the T

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