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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 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. (2/26/2019)
When the Roman Baths in Bath (Somerset) were restored in the 19th century, they were re-designed in a royal way - with statues of Roman emperors overlooking the area, beginning with Julius Caesar (who had been to Britain, but a century before the building of the Baths and the Temple of Minerva Sulis was even begun). In Roman times, the thermal baths of Aquae Sulis (later called Bath) were never royal or even elitist. We are dealing here with a projection of Victorian identity back into antiquity, just like Arthur Evans when excavating Knossos (Crete) discovered without much evidence a "royal palace" and even a "throne". What you see in this picture is pure 19th century, with the exception of course of Bath Abbey and some other buildings in the background. To see the Roman artefacts, we have to go below street level.
Roman snail (Helix pomatia) crawling over an old railway sleeper.
Ślimak winniczek (Helix pomatia) pełznący po starym podkładzie kolejowym.
Wales again for this image and a shot of the Old Roman Bridge at Penmachno, dating to the medieval or post-medieval period the bridge has a single segmental arch without parapets. It spans the Afon Machno it’s 10m long and is 3m wide, springing from vertical abutments with splayed sides. It took us a quite while to find it but was well worth the search. This was shot in the pouring rain which with the use of my polarising filter helped bring out the lovely autumn colours which were still in abundance.(Olympus EM-1 Mkii 12-100mm f/4 pro 1/4 f/6.3 @ 35mm Kase slimline polarising filter)
An amazing view of #roma from the rooftop terraces in Via Margutta.
The street became widely known from the 1953 movie Roman Holiday, a romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, which was set at n° 51.
Photo was taken during my delightful collaboration with Nuna Lie.
Angelica - Roma - Feb 2016
The Roman Forum (Latin: 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.
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 archaeological excavations attracting 4.5 million sightseers yearly.
Source: Wikipedia.org
Just back from computerles oblivion with a brand new 27"Imac!
No textures uploaded yet, still installing! :-)
Roman snail (Helix pomatia) crawling over ground.
Ślimak winniczek (Helix pomatia) pełznący po ziemi.
a digital art depiction of the Ancient Roman Colosseum in the era around 75 BC as it would of looked back in the day (digital art by B. Bouley)
Perhaps the monument most symbolic of ancient Rome, the Colosseum is one of the city’s most fascinating—and popular—tourist attractions. The Emperor Vespasian commissioned it around AD 70–72 and his son Titus officially opened it in AD 80 with 100 days of games, including wild animal fights and gladiatorial combat. It was the largest amphitheater in the Roman world, with seating for 50,000 people, until it was abandoned and later used as a quarry for projects like the Basilica di San Pietro and San Giovanni in Laterano. It underwent a restoration in 2016 courtesy of Tod’s CEO Diego della Valle.
Prompt: create a 3D art of the Ancient Roman Colosseum original structure, with other buildings in good condition, in the year 75 BC, high resolution, ultra-high detail, realistic, 8k, 24mm wide angle lens
Templo Romano de Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain.
Its construction began during the reign of Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD) and ended some forty years later, during the reign of Emperor Domitian (81-96 CE). Presumably it was dedicated to the imperial cult. The temple underwent some changes in the 2nd century, reforms that coincide with the relocation of the colonial forum.
In the area had already been found architectural elements, such as drums of columns, capitals, etc. all in marble, so the area was known as los marmolejos. This area of Córdoba could become between the 1st century and the 2nd century, as the provincial forum of the Colonia Patricia, title that received the city during the Roman rule.
Proportion is a defining characteristic of the Roman Corinthian order: the "coherent integration of dimensions and ratios in accordance with the principles of symmetria" are noted by Mark Wilson Jones, who finds that the ratio of total column height to column-shaft height is in a 6:5 ratio, so that, secondarily, the full height of column with capital is often a multiple of 6 Roman feet while the column height itself is a multiple of 5. In its proportions, the Corinthian column is similar to the Ionic column, though it is more slender, and stands apart by its distinctive carved capital.
The abacus upon the capital has concave sides to conform to the outscrolling corners of the capital, and it may have a rosette at the center of each side. Corinthian columns were erected on the top level of the Roman Colosseum, holding up the least weight, and also having the slenderest ratio of thickness to height. Their height to width ratio is about 10:1.
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“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse”.
"Pois os seus atributos invisíveis, o seu eterno poder e divindade, são claramente vistos desde a criação do mundo, sendo percebidos mediante as coisas criadas, de modo que eles são inescusáveis".
Pont Flavien Is a Roman Bridge at Saint-Chamas in southern France. It dates from 12 B.C. and was built to carry the Via Julia Augusta over the Touloubre River. It may be only existing example of a Roman Bridge bounded by triumphal arches.
The Pantheon, from Greek Πάνθειον meaning "[temple] of every god") is a building in Rome, Italy, on the site of an earlier building commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). The present building was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD. He retained Agrippa's original inscription, which has confused its date of construction.
The building is circular with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment. A rectangular vestibule links the porch to the rotunda, which is under a coffered concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) to the sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 43.3 metres (142 ft).
It is one of the best-preserved of all Ancient Roman buildings, in large part because it has been in continuous use throughout its history, and since the 7th century, the Pantheon has been used as a church dedicated to "St. Mary and the Martyrs"
Source: Wikipedia.org
There is a Victorian style dome ceiling at the Entrance Reception Hall of the Roman Baths.
Bath; July 2005
For Macro Mondays Redux 2016--My Favorite Theme of the Year:
I think this could go under a few categories, such as
Arrow
In a row
Stripes
When I was a Child
The colour red
I think 'When I was a Child' is most apt as I used to be (and still am) fascinated by Roman artifacts, and evidence of a bygone empire.
Taken with a Raynox M-250 added to the lens to allow close focusing.
Another from my road trip yesterday. This is an old Roman Bridge near the bottom of Glen Lyon, it's a great wee spot that I've wanted to get a photo of for years. Actually struggled quite a lot to get a composition but pleased with this one. Next on my list of photo stuff i can't justify is a polariser... :-)