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Site of The Forum Theatre / Cinema.
This area of Stoke in Coventry is still referred to as The Forum. Diagonally opposite what I've photographed are shops also referred to as The Forum and directly opposite what I photographed was a doctors' surgery that has relocated but is now named The Forum Health Centre.
Located at the corner of Walsgrave Road & Longfellow Road in the Stoke neighbourhood of Coventry. The Forum Theatre was opened on 1st November 1934 with Richard Tauber in “Blossom Time”, and with popular film star Gene Gerard appearing ‘in person’. It was a large suburban ‘super’ cinema, built by the local Philpot Circuit, and was designed by their ‘in-house’ architect T.D. Griffiths.
Seating was provided in stalls and circle levels. It was an extremely wide cinema, and the proscenium was 45 feet wide. It was equipped with a Conacher 3Manual/8Ranks organ, which had a console that was designed by noted organist Reginald Foort, who also opened the instrument. The organ also controlled a phantom grand piano on the stage. The projection box was equipped with Kalee 11 projectors and there was a Western Electric(WE) sound system.
The Forum Cinema was closed on 14th November 1940 when power was lost during heavy German bombing raids on the city, but it was not damaged. The electric power supply was restored in the first week of December 1940 and the cinema re-opened with Jack Benny in “Buck Benny Rides Again”. Organist Clifford H. Baylis became resident organist after the end of World War II.
The exterior of the building was resurfaced in around 1957, but the interior remained untouched. Still operated by the Philpot circuit, the Forum Cinema was closed on 26th May 1962 with Doris Day in “Lover Come Back”. The Conacher organ was sold to Northampton Grammar School (today Northampton School for Boys) where it was regularly played. It has since been put into storage and in 2020 is being refurbished in Melton Mowbray.
The Forum Cinema was immediately demolished, with demolition completed in August 1962. The Forum Bowl and some shops were built on the site.
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The Forum Bowl closed years ago now and the site is occupied by a church.
The Roman Forum, (Forum Romanum), was the central area of the city around which ancient Rome developed. It was designed by the architect Vitruvius with proportions 3:2 (length to width).
From left to right are the remains of the Temple of
Castor & Pollux, the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Temple of Saturn.
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S'étendant entre le Capitole, le Palatin et l'Esquilin, le Forum à l’origine était un vallon marécageux. A la fin du VIe siècle av. J.C., le roi étrusque Tarquinius Priscus (dit Tarquin l'Ancien) assainit la vallée en construisant l’un des premiers systèmes d’égout au monde : la Cloaca Maxima. Le Forum (de l’adjectif forus, signifiant "à l'extérieur" : dans les premiers temps le forum était situé en dehors de la ville) Romanum ou Forum Magnum est construit à partir du VIIème siècle av. J.-C sur une ancienne nécropole et il subira continuellement des aménagements et des modifications. Selon Vitruve, le forum romain est rectangulaire avec une proportion entre longueur et largeur de 3 pour 2, contrairement à l'agora grecque qui est carrée. Il est pendant plus de douze siècles la place publique où les citoyens romains se réunissent pour traiter d'affaires commerciales, politiques, économiques, judiciaires ou religieuses. Se trouveront ici entre autres, le sénat (Curie), la tribune aux harangues (Rostres), le temple de Saturne, de Castor et Pollux, de la Concorde et plusieurs basiliques …
Stretching between the Capitol, Palatine and Esquiline, the Forum originally was a marshy valley. At the end of the 6th century BC J.C., the Etruscan king Tarquinius Priscus (known as Tarquin the Elder) cleans the valley by building one of the first sewage systems in the world: the Cloaca Maxima. The Forum (adjective forus, meaning "outside": in the early days the forum was located outside the city) Romanum or Forum Magnum is built from the 7th century BC. J.-C on an old necropolis and it will continually undergo adjustments and modifications. According to Vitruvius, the Roman forum is rectangular with a proportion between length and width of 3 to 2, unlike the Greek agora which is square. It is for more than twelve centuries the public place where Roman citizens meet to deal with commercial, political, economic, judicial or religious affairs. Will be found here among others, the senate (Curie), the tribune with the harangues (Rostres), the temple of Saturn, Castor and Pollux, the Concorde and several basilicas …
The Roman Forum is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.
It was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history. Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archeological excavations.
Many of the oldest and most important structures of the ancient city were located on or near the Forum.
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Het was misschien een goed idee geweest om bij de renovatie van het voormalige Congresgebouw gewoon dezelfde kleur blauwe tegeltjes te gebruiken?
Misschien een andere kleur voeg had ook kunnen helpen.
Zoals het er nu uit ziet lijkt het op een gestopte sok met de verkeerde kleur wol.
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The Pons Aemilius was Rome’s first stone bridge over the Tiber and was completed in 179 BCE. Just beyond, the extant Temple of Portunus and the round Temple of Hercules Victor stand in the Forum Boarium, alongside several other temples dedicated to Hercules. The Forum Boarium dates to archaic Rome when the area was used as a cattle market. Hence, the name given to the Forum during the time of the Republic.
The Roman Forum was for centuries the center of Rome’s public life. All important social and political events took place here, from elections to public speeches, from triumphal processions to criminal trials, from gladiatorial matches to commercial affairs. Known by the citizens of the time as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum (meaning piazza, square), it remained the heart of Rome from the 8th century BC to the 7th century AD.
A walk along the Roman Forum is a must for anybody visiting Rome. However, because information panels are practically non-existent, looking at the ruins of the buildings without knowing why they were built and what went on inside may take away from the experience.
The Forum is framed by the Capitoline Hill on one side and the Palatine Hill on the other. Here are some of the highlights from my visit, beginning at the Capitoline Hill at the north-west end of the Forum. You will be walking along the Via Sacra, ancient Rome’s main street, leading from the Capitoline Hill to the Colosseum passing some of the Forum’s most important buildings. The road was part of the traditional route of the Roman Triumps, which celebrated the success of military
commanders.
Un paseo por el foro romano
El Foro Romano fue durante siglos el centro de la vida pública de Roma. Todos los eventos sociales y políticos importantes tuvieron lugar aquí, desde las elecciones hasta los discursos públicos, desde las procesiones triunfales hasta los juicios penales, desde los combates de gladiadores hasta los asuntos comerciales. Conocido por los ciudadanos de la época como el Forum Magnum, o simplemente el Foro (que significa plaza, plaza), se mantuvo como el corazón de Roma desde el siglo VIII aC hasta el siglo VII d.
Un paseo por el Foro Romano es una visita obligada para cualquiera que visite Roma. Sin embargo, debido a que los paneles de información son prácticamente inexistentes, mirar las ruinas de los edificios sin saber por qué fueron construidos y lo que sucedió en el interior puede quitarle la experiencia.
El Foro está enmarcado por el Capitolio en un lado y el Palatino en el otro. Estos son algunos de los aspectos más destacados de mi visita, comenzando en Capitoline Hill en el extremo noroeste del Foro. Caminará por la Via Sacra, la calle principal de la antigua Roma, desde la Colina Capitolina hasta el Coliseo pasando por algunos de los edificios más importantes del Foro. El camino era parte de la ruta tradicional de los Triunfos romanos, que celebraba el éxito de los militares
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum (Italian: Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.
For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history.Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting 4.5 million or more sightseers yearly.
Many of the oldest and most important structures of the ancient city were located on or near the Forum. The Roman Kingdom's earliest shrines and temples were located on the southeastern edge. These included the ancient former royal residence, the Regia (8th century BC), and the Temple of Vesta (7th century BC), as well as the surrounding complex of the Vestal Virgins, all of which were rebuilt after the rise of imperial Rome.
Rom - Forum Romanum
House of the Vestals
Haus der Vestalinnen
The House of the Vestal Virgins (Latin: Atrium Vestae) was the residence of Vestal Virgins, located behind the circular Temple of Vesta at the eastern edge of the Roman Forum, between the Regia and the Palatine Hill. The domus publicae where the Pontifex Maximus dwelled, was located near the Atrium until that role was assumed by the emperors.
The Atrium Vestae was a three-story 50-room palace in the ancient Roman Forum built around an elegant elongated atrium or court with a double pool. To the very east is an open vaulted hall with a statue of Numa Pompilius, the mythological founder of the cult.
The complex lay at the foot of the Palatine Hill, where a sacred grove that was slowly encroached upon lingered into Imperial times, when all was swept away by the Fire of Rome in 64. The House of the Vestals was rebuilt several times in the course of the Empire. After the dissolution of the College of the Vestals and the introduction of compulsory Christianity by Theodosius I in the late fourth century AD, the House of the Vestals continued to serve as a residence building. It now housed officials of the imperial court, and subsequently the papal court. Archaeological finds from this period include a hoard of 397 gold coins from the fifth century, and another 830 Anglo-Saxon coins dating from the 9th and 10th centuries. The site was abandoned in the 11th/12th century.
Today, remains of the statues of the Vestals can be seen in the Atrium Vestae.
(Wikipedia)
Das Haus der Vestalinnen (lateinisch: Atrium Vestae) war ein prunkvolles Wohngebäude auf dem Forum Romanum, also dem historischen Forum in Rom, Italien. Es war Wohnsitz der Priesterinnen der Vesta, der Vestalinnen, und befand sich in direkter Nachbarschaft zum Tempel der Vesta.
Es handelte sich um eine mit Heizsystemen ausgestattete zweigeschossige Villa, die mit Schlafzimmern, Küchen, Empfangsräumen und einer Mühle versehen war. Der marmorgepflasterte Arkadenhof war mit Brunnen sowie mit Statuen der berühmtesten Vestalinnen aus der Vergangenheit dekoriert und angeordnet.
Zur Zeit des Augustus wurde das Haus der Vestalinnen durch Einbeziehung der bisher vom Pontifex Maximus bewohnten Domus publica erweitert. Nach der Zerstörung durch den Brand Roms 64 n. Chr. wurde der heute sichtbare Bau begonnen, der in der Kaiserzeit unter Trajan und Septimius Severus mehrmals renoviert und umgebaut wurde. Unter dem christlichen Kaiser Theodosius I. wurde im Jahr 394 das Haus der Vestalinnen aufgegeben.
Die Vestalinnen waren die einzigen Priesterinnen Roms. Sie hüteten das ständig brennende heilige Feuer im benachbarten Tempel der Vesta und übten ihr Amt 30 Jahre lang aus. In dieser Zeit durften sie nicht heiraten. Unzucht mit Vestalinnen galt als Inzest und wurde dementsprechend mit dem Tod bestraft. Nur der Kaiser und die Vestalischen Jungfrauen durften innerhalb der Mauern Roms bestattet werden.
Seit dem 27. Januar 2011 ist die renovierte Anlage wieder für die Öffentlichkeit zu besichtigen.
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This is Tokyo International Forum where various events and official meetings are held.
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Forum Rzymskie (Ρωμαϊκή Αγορά), odos Polignotou, Ateny, 1 marca 2013 r.
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Roman Forum (Ρωμαϊκή Αγορά), Polignotou str., Athens, March 1, 2013
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The ruins of the Temple of Mars Ultor, before its contemporaneous firewall against the then fire prone hill neighborhood of Suburra, in the Forum of Augustus in Rome.
Located near Capitoline Hill, just behind the Victor Emmanuel II Monument, is the Forum of Caesar, or Forum Caesaris. This view is from a viewing platform at ground level near the south east corner of the monument.
The forum was built by Julius Caesar in 46 BC as an expansion to the Roman Forum. It included a Temple of Venus Genetrix, the patron goddess of his family/clan (the Julia gens). Three columns of the temple remain standing.
The church in the background is Santi Luca e Martina; it was built in the 17th Century.
Rome; July 2019