{"id":15355,"date":"2011-11-23T23:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15355"},"modified":"2021-03-15T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T20:21:20","slug":"final-sights-in-the-roman-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15355","title":{"rendered":"Final Sights in the Roman Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I prepared to leave the Roman Forum, the final sights I photographed were the Basilica of Maxentius, a series of arches between the Temple of Romulus and the Basilica of Maxentius, the Church of Santa Francesca Romana, and a series of columns along the Via Sacra.<\/p>\n<p>The Basilica of Maxentius was a public meeting place and was the largest building in the Roman Forum. Most of this building was destroyed, probably in the earthquake of 847 AD. A series of arches runs along near the Basilica of Maxentius, the function of which I have not been able to discover. Walking toward the Arch of Titus, I passed the Church of Santa Francesca Romana, dedicated to Saint Frances of Rome who, incidentally, is the patron saint of automobile drivers. Finally, exiting the Forum through the Arch of Titus along the Via Sacra, I passed a series of columns and approached the Colosseum.<\/p>\n<p>With that, my Mediterranean vacation was nearly over. I spent one final night in Rome and then left for the airport and home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Basilica-of-Maxentius.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15356\" title=\"Basilica of Maxentius\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Basilica-of-Maxentius.jpg\" alt=\"Basilica of Maxentius\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Basilica-of-Maxentius.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Basilica-of-Maxentius-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Basilica-of-Maxentius-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Basilica of Maxentius<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Basilica of Maxentius (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 13 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Arches.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15357\" title=\"Arches near the Basilica of Maxentius\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Arches.jpg\" alt=\"Arches near the Basilica of Maxentius\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Arches.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Arches-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Arches-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Arches near the Basilica of Maxentius<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Arches near the Basilica of Maxentius (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 13 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Santa-Francesca-Romana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15358\" title=\"Church of Santa Francesca Romana\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Santa-Francesca-Romana.jpg\" alt=\"Church of Santa Francesca Romana\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Santa-Francesca-Romana.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Santa-Francesca-Romana-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Santa-Francesca-Romana-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Church of Santa Francesca Romana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Church of Santa Francesca Romana (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 13 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Leaving-the-Forum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15359\" title=\"Leaving the Forum along the Via Sacra\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Leaving-the-Forum.jpg\" alt=\"Leaving the Forum along the Via Sacra\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Leaving-the-Forum.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Leaving-the-Forum-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Leaving-the-Forum-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Leaving the Forum along the Via Sacra<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Leaving the Forum along the Via Sacra (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 13 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I prepared to leave the Roman Forum, the final sights I photographed were the Basilica of Maxentius, a series of arches between the Temple of Romulus and the Basilica of Maxentius, the Church of Santa Francesca Romana, and a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15355\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[325,311,331],"class_list":["post-15355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-journal","tag-italy","tag-mediterranean-vacation","tag-rome"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyBfX-3ZF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22677,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355\/revisions\/22677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}