{"id":526,"count":11,"description":"In Rome, <strong>ancient monuments<\/strong> are everywhere, bearing witness to the grandeur of centuries of ancient Rome. Many stones and columns have been integrated into more recent buildings, such as some of the marbles from the <strong>Colosseum<\/strong> reused for the construction of St. Peter's Basilica.\r\n<h3>Ancient Buildings<\/h3>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rome-roma.net\/en\/colosseum\/\"><strong>Colosseum<\/strong><\/a> remains the most impressive of the ancient buildings, as the largest ancient amphitheater. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rome-roma.net\/en\/pantheon-of-rome\/\"><strong>Pantheon<\/strong><\/a> is remarkably preserved, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rome-roma.net\/en\/the-roman-forum-of-rome\/\"><strong>Republican Forums<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rome-roma.net\/en\/imperial-fora-a-monumental-ensemble\/\"><strong>Imperial Forums<\/strong><\/a> allow an immersion into ancient Roman life, with their various temples and public buildings.\r\nMausoleums, temples, arches, and gates reveal the city's grandeur and organization at different periods, complemented by aqueducts, baths, villas, and sanctuaries.\r\n<h3>Reuse of Ancient Materials<\/h3>\r\nAncient materials were often reused in the walls and decorations of palaces and squares, fountain basins, church colonnades, creating a tangible link between past and present.\r\nWhile statues and obelisks adorn emblematic squares, such as Castor and Pollux on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rome-roma.net\/en\/piazza-del-campidoglio\/\">Capitoline Hill<\/a>, the Lateran Obelisk, the Dioscuri on the Quirinal Hill, and many others.\r\n\r\nSubjective ranking by interest of ancient sites in Rome:\r\n\r\n[su_accordion class=\"\"][su_spoiler title=\"Ancient Sites ****\" open=\"no\" style=\"default\" icon=\"plus\" anchor=\"\" class=\"\"]\r\n[catlist post_type=site taxonomies_and=\"interet:{interet-4};genre:{antique};categorie_site:{sites-antiques}\" excludeposts=this excerpt=yes thumbnail=yes force_thumbnail=yes thumbnail_class=classthumblist thumbnail_size=70,50 excerpt_size=20 orderby=date][\/su_spoiler][su_spoiler title=\"Ancient Sites ***\" open=\"no\" style=\"default\" icon=\"plus\" anchor=\"\" class=\"\"]\r\n[catlist post_type=site taxonomies_and=\"interet:{interet-3};genre:{antique};categorie_site:{sites-antiques}\" excludeposts=this excerpt=yes thumbnail=yes force_thumbnail=yes thumbnail_class=classthumblist thumbnail_size=70,50 excerpt_size=20 orderby=date][\/su_spoiler][su_spoiler title=\"Ancient Sites **\" open=\"no\" style=\"default\" icon=\"plus\" anchor=\"\" class=\"\"]\r\n[catlist post_type=site taxonomies_and=\"interet:{interet-2};genre:{antique};categorie_site:{sites-antiques}\" excludeposts=this excerpt=yes thumbnail=yes force_thumbnail=yes thumbnail_class=classthumblist thumbnail_size=70,50 excerpt_size=20 orderby=date][\/su_spoiler][su_spoiler title=\"Ancient Sites *\" open=\"no\" style=\"default\" icon=\"plus\" anchor=\"\" class=\"\"]\r\n[catlist post_type=site taxonomies_and=\"interet:{interet-1};genre:{antique};categorie_site:{sites-antiques}\" excludeposts=this excerpt=yes thumbnail=yes force_thumbnail=yes thumbnail_class=classthumblist thumbnail_size=70,50 excerpt_size=20 orderby=date][\/su_spoiler][su_spoiler title=\"Other Ancient Sites\" open=\"no\" style=\"default\" icon=\"plus\" anchor=\"\" class=\"\"]\r\n[catlist post_type=site taxonomies_and=\"interet:{interet-0};genre:{antique};categorie_site:{sites-antiques}\" excludeposts=this excerpt=yes thumbnail=yes force_thumbnail=yes thumbnail_class=classthumblist thumbnail_size=70,50 excerpt_size=20 orderby=date][\/su_spoiler][\/su_accordion]\r\n\r\n[travelers-map height=450px post_types=site custom_tax=\"quartier=appia-et-tuscolana,aventin-et-testaccio,borgo-prati-et-vatican,campo-giulia-et-ghetto,castro-pretorio,celio-et-thermes-de-caracalla,centre-antique,colline-aventin,colline-du-celio,place-navone-et-tibre,de-monti-a-termini,espagne-et-villa-borghese,eur,flaminio-olimpico-parioli,ghetto,ile-tiberine,janicule,latran-et-esquilin,monteverde-portuense-et-aurelia,monti-et-esquilin,navone-et-pantheon,nomentana-et-salaria,nord-de-ripa-velabro,ostiense-ardeatino-et-eur,pantheon,prenestino,sallustiano-et-ludovisi,san-lorenzo-tiburtino,testaccio,tiburtino,trastevere-centre,trastevere-et-gianicolo,trastevere-oriental,trevi-et-quirinale,trionfale-et-montemario,via-giulia,villa-borghese&amp;genre=antique,site-archeologique\" max_cluster_radius=20]","link":"https:\/\/www.rome-roma.net\/en\/category\/ancient-sites\/","name":"Ancient sites in Rome","slug":"ancient-sites","taxonomy":"categorie_site","parent":529,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heading Ancient sites in Rome &ndash; 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