Rome:Forum Boarium the unique completely preserved ancient part of city

The oldest market in Rome was the market where cattle were traded. It was also a garbage dump and a city port. It is the only place in Rome completely preserved from ancient times, a place with monuments from the ancient Roman period in their unchanged form since ancient times. If you want to really feel like in ancient Rome, you must visit that place. To Forum Boarium, we can take a walk from the Palatine Hill and Circus Maximus. It's on the end of the famous hippodrome, ''covered'' by a row of buildings. That's why we can't see it so fast. The forum is also a small park with old trees.

Temple of Portunus

The Temple of Portunus also known as the Temple of Fortune Virilis, was built in the 80-50s BC. The best-preserved ancient Roman temple was dedicated to Portunus, the guardian of the Ports, in the Middle Ages and turned into the church of  St. Maria of Egypt. This is the most traditional building of the temple, in ancient style. Modeled on Greek temples. It is thanks to that that later neoclassical buildings were created.

Temple of Portunus

There is also probably one of the most popular symbols of the place: the rotunda. It was the temple of Hercules Victor, formerly known as the temple of Vesta. It was created between 140-120 BC. In the 12th century, it was adapted for the church of Santo Stefano. Medieval alterations were removed in Napoleon's time, restoring the appearance from the time of antiquity.
However, the changes were not drastic, so we can still see metal joining blocks.
For centuries after the Pantheon inspired the builders to form round churches in neoclassical poplar gardens, arbours were stylized for temples.

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Temple of Hercules Victor

Mouths of Truth (La Bocca della Verita) - a marble medallion with the image of a deity's face. It is the oldest Roman monument, in fact, not the Romans, because its dating shows that it is older than first signals about any Roman civilization. It is probably 2,000 years old. According to legend, it's a kind of lie detector. Everyone who is lying if he put his hand in the mouth of a mask, this mask gnawed his limb. Currently, you can see it for a fee in the vestibule of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin but to get closer, unfortunately, you have to pay for the ticket.It is not known who created the mouth. Some theories speak about the Etruscans, some about the Celts, but other cultures also appear. Mouths of Truth are a mystery of the city, and the difficult question of where did the Romans really come from...