Roman Forum

The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of .
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 17 metres (56 feet)
  • Description: Ancient Roman center of the city, a landmark of Rome, Italy

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of Caesar and Basilica Julia.
The was a civil basilica in the Roman Forum.
The is a 1st-century AD honorific arch… is situated 310 metres southeast of Roman Forum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.
The Capitolium or , between the Forum…
The , which is the centremost of the…
The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire.

Roman Forum

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Latitude
41.89241° or 41° 53′ 33″ north
Longitude
12.48568° or 12° 29′ 8″ east
Open location code
8FHJVFRP+X7
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Roman Forum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Forum Romanum”
  • Arabic: “منتدى روماني”
  • Armenian: “Հռոմի ֆորում”
  • Basque: “Erromako foroa”
  • Basque: “Erromako Foroa”
  • Basque: “Erromatar foroa”
  • Belarusian: “Рымскі форум”
  • Belarusian: “Рымскі Форум”
  • Bengali: “ফোরো রোমানো”
  • Bosnian: “Rimski forum”
  • Bulgarian: “Римски форум”
  • Catalan: “Foro Romano”
  • Catalan: “Fòrum Romà”
  • Chinese: “古罗马广场”
  • Chinese: “古罗马遗迹”
  • Chinese: “古羅馬廣場”
  • Croatian: “Rimski forum”
  • Czech: “Forum Romanum”
  • Danish: “Forum romano”
  • Danish: “Forum Romanum”
  • Dutch: “Forum Romanum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “منتدى رومانى”
  • Esperanto: “Roma Forumo”
  • Estonian: “Rooma foorum”
  • Finnish: “Forum Romanum”
  • French: “Forum de Rome”
  • French: “Forum Magnum”
  • French: “Forum romain”
  • French: “Forum Romain”
  • French: “Forum Romanum”
  • French: “Forum Vetus”
  • Friulian: “Foro Roman”
  • Galician: “Foro Romano”
  • Georgian: “რომაული ფორუმი”
  • German: “Forum Romanum”
  • German: “Roman forum”
  • Greek: “Ρωμαϊκή Αγορά”
  • Greek: “Ρωμαϊκό Φόρουμ”
  • Hebrew: “הפורום הרומאי”
  • Hebrew: “הפורום”
  • Hebrew: “פורו רומאנו”
  • Hebrew: “פורו רומנו”
  • Hebrew: “פורום רומאנום”
  • Hebrew: “פורום רומנום”
  • Hindi: “फोरम”
  • Hindi: “रोमन फोरम”
  • Hungarian: “Forum Romanum”
  • Icelandic: “Forum Romanum”
  • Indonesian: “Forum Romawi”
  • Irish: “Fóram na Róimhe”
  • Italian: “foro Romano”
  • Italian: “Foro Romano”
  • Japanese: “フォルム・ローマーヌム”
  • Japanese: “フォルム・ロマヌム”
  • Japanese: “フォロ・ロマーノ”
  • Japanese: “フォロロマーノ”
  • Korean: “로마 포럼”
  • Korean: “로마 포룸”
  • Korean: “포로 로마노”
  • Korean: “포룸 로마눔”
  • Latin: “Forum Romanum”
  • Latvian: “Romas forums”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Foro Roman”
  • Lithuanian: “Romos Forumas”
  • Macedonian: “Римски форум”
  • Malay: “Forum Rom”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Forum Romanorum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Forum Romanum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forum Romanum”
  • Norwegian: “Forum Romanum”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Forum Roman”
  • Persian: “فروم رم”
  • Persian: “فروم رومی”
  • Polish: “Forum Magnum”
  • Polish: “Forum Romanum”
  • Portuguese: “Fórum Romano”
  • Portuguese: “Forum romanum”
  • Romanian: “Forul roman”
  • Romanian: “Forumul roman”
  • Russian: “Римский форум”
  • Russian: “Форум римский”
  • Russian: “Форум Романум”
  • Russian: “Форум”
  • Scots: “Roman Forum”
  • Serbian: “Rimski forum”
  • Serbian: “Римски форум”
  • Serbian: “Римски Форум”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Forum romanum”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rimski forum”
  • Slovak: “Forum Romanum”
  • Slovak: “Rímske fórum”
  • Slovenian: “Rimski forum”
  • Spanish: “Foro de Roma”
  • Spanish: “Foro Romano”
  • Spanish: “Forum”
  • Swedish: “Forum i Rom”
  • Swedish: “Forum Romanum”
  • Tagalog: “Foro ng Roma”
  • Tagalog: “Forum ng Roma”
  • Thai: “Roman Forum”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสโรมัน”
  • Thai: “ฟอรุมโรมัน”
  • Thai: “ฟอรูงโรมานูง”
  • Thai: “ลานประชาคมโรมัน”
  • Turkish: “Foro Romano”
  • Turkish: “Forum Magnum”
  • Turkish: “Roma Forumu”
  • Ukrainian: “Римський Форум”
  • Ukrainian: “Форум Романум”
  • Urdu: “رومی فورم”
  • Vietnamese: “Công trường La Mã”
  • Vietnamese: “Foro Romano”
  • Vietnamese: “Roman Forum”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Foro Romano”
  • Welsh: “Fforwm Rhufain”
  • Western Armenian: “Հռոմի Ֆորում”
  • Western Frisian: “Forum Romanum”
  • Western Panjabi: “رومن فورم”
  • Wu Chinese: “古罗马广场”
  • Yue Chinese: “古羅馬廣場”

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