{"id":29,"date":"2016-04-13T13:28:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T13:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2016-11-23T17:32:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T17:32:03","slug":"003-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/en\/003-2\/003-3\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE “FORMA URBIS ROMAE”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Between the years 70-75 A.D., following the civil war for succession to the empire and after the bloody repression of the Jewish revolt, the emperor Vespasian (69-79 A.D.) built a shrine dedicated to the Peace. The shrine was called “Temple of the Peace” (in latin: Templum Pacis) or \u201cForum of the Peace<\/a>\u201d. It was composed by a large porticoed square with a temple at the end, flanked by two halls.<\/p>\n

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The Forum of the Peace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The complex became an integral part of the five Imperial Fora, being the third in chronological order after the Forums of Caesar<\/a> (46 B.C.) and Augustus<\/a> (2 B.C.) and constructed prior to those of Nerva<\/a> (97 A.D.) and Trajan<\/a> (112-113 A.D.). It differed profoundly from these complexes because of its function. The Imperial Fora were mainly used for the administration of justice as a court, in addition to a place of libraries and legal archives.<\/p>\n

In contrast, the Forum of the Peace hosted a rich collection of sculptures and paintings, along with a famous scientific and literary library (the Bibliotheca Pacis) making this area as a “cultural centre” adorned with creations of the human mind.<\/p>\n

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Hall of the “Forma Urbis Romae”. The plan was on the wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a hall next to the temple, was the famous large marble plan of the ancient Rome, known as the \u201cForma Urbis Romae\u201d. It was positioned (12 x 18 meters). It was positioned on a wall still preserved as the actual facade of the church of the Saints Cosmas and Damian.<\/p>\n

Between 1998-2000, the Municipal Department of Monuments and Cultural Heritage undertook an extensive project of archaeological excavation whereby the north-west area of the ancient square was discovered together with the pink granite shafts from Aswan (Egypt), which supported the magnificent portico comprising Corinthian columns covered by a roof with white marble tiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Between the years 70-75 A.D., following the civil war for succession to the empire and after the bloody repression of the Jewish revolt, the emperor Vespasian (69-79 A.D.) built a shrine dedicated to the Peace. The shrine was called “Temple of the Peace” (in latin: Templum Pacis) or \u201cForum of the Peace\u201d. It was composed … Continue reading THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE “FORMA URBIS ROMAE”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/259"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fori-imperiali.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}