11 Apr 2023
You must see the Trajan Market. On the way from Forum Romanum there are so many other things to see like the Forum Lilium and over the road the Fora di Augusto and the Trajan Forum itself. These are all brilliant but at the back of the Trajan Forum is the Trajan Market. Access is from the Largo Magnanapoli side. It is a truly extraordinary place. Basically it’s a Roman era shopping mall with an inside built around an atrium and outside there are shops on the street. It is so well preserved that it looks like the shops could still be there and it, more than anything I have seen in Rome gives the physical essence of what their streetscapes were like. It is a really interesting experience seeing day to day architecture rather than the monumental architecture of the different Forums. It’s very relatable and is if a couple of lads came around the corner in Togas they wouldn’t look out of place. A little gem!