The Roman Forum with Basilica Aemelia to the right and the Temple Concordiae in the center with the tower.
Roman Forum with the Temple of Vesta to the left.
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.