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The Roman Forum is a must visit site at any time of day - the ancient Roman market place, centre of Imperial power, location of the Senate (still standing) and of Julius Caesar's assassination. To get in amongst the stones, rather than just gawp from the fence like the bus tours, has to be done by day, and can be dusty, hot and exhausting. Rome was never comfortable!
However, there's a little experienced (though much photographed) view of the Forum, by night, that is truly spectacular. Of the tens of thousands of visitors lodged in Rome each night, maybe only a few hundred make it up the steep steps of the Campidoglio - designed by Michealangelo - behind the Vittorio Emmanuele Monument on Piazza Venezia. Head down the hill to the right of the town hall in the centre of the small square at the top of the hill - and prepare to have your breathe taken away after dark..
3 / 5
Review by editor  James Dunford Wood
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The Roman Forum
