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Forum of Nerva

Name: Forum of Nerva
Rating: 4.6

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Discover the Forum of Nerva, the quietest of Rome's Imperial Fora. Pause along Via dei Fori Imperiali to study the surviving Colonnacce wall, its carved columns still bearing relief scenes of the goddess Minerva.

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Reasons to go

Begun by Domitian and completed by Nerva around 97 AD, squeezed into a narrow strip between two earlier fora giving it an elongated shape.
The surviving 'Colonnacce' wall bears detailed relief carvings depicting the goddess Minerva.
It was the fourth and smallest of the Imperial Fora, viewable for free from Via dei Fori Imperiali.

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Full description

Begun under Emperor Domitian and completed and dedicated by his successor Nerva around 97 AD, this forum was squeezed into a narrow strip of land between two earlier fora, which explains its unusually elongated shape. Very little survives compared to its neighbors, but the remaining columned wall, known as the 'Colonnacce,' still carries detailed relief carvings depicting the goddess Minerva.

Viewable for free from Via dei Fori Imperiali, it's a stop most visitors glance at while walking rather than seek out directly. It appeals to visitors with a deeper interest in the Imperial Fora who want the fuller picture beyond just the main Roman Forum.

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Address

Via dei Fori Imperiali, 00184 Roma RM, Italy · Monti

Website

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Hours

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Booking

Walk-in

Duration

20 min

Best time

morning, lunchtime, afternoon or early evening

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

View it for free from Via dei Fori Imperiali without needing a ticket
look for the surviving 'Colonnacce' wall with its carved reliefs, the forum's main highlight
pair it with the neighboring Forum of Augustus and Trajan's Forum along the same street.

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Reviews

It’s a beautiful forum just across the caesar’s forum and behind the trajan’s column. In front of the forum, there is a statue of Nerva that I think is also amazing.

Zuhaira

3/5

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