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The Via dei Fori Imperiali is a road in the centre of the city of Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 that runs in a straight line from the Piazza Venezia
Piazza Venezia

The Piazza Venezia is a piazza in central Rome, Italy at . It takes its name from the adjacent Palazzo Venezia.The piazza is at the foot of the Capitoline Hill and near the Roman Forum....
 to the Colosseum
Colosseum

The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre , is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire....
, which is itself situated in the Piazza Colosseo.

The road, whose original name was "Via Triumphale", was built during the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, Order of the Bath Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of the Tower and Sword was an Italy politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
. Its course takes it over parts of the Forum of Trajan, Forum of Augustus and Forum of Nerva, parts of which can be seen on both sides of the road.






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The Via dei Fori Imperiali is a road in the centre of the city of Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 that runs in a straight line from the Piazza Venezia
Piazza Venezia

The Piazza Venezia is a piazza in central Rome, Italy at . It takes its name from the adjacent Palazzo Venezia.The piazza is at the foot of the Capitoline Hill and near the Roman Forum....
 to the Colosseum
Colosseum

The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre , is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire....
, which is itself situated in the Piazza Colosseo.

The road, whose original name was "Via Triumphale", was built during the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, Order of the Bath Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of the Tower and Sword was an Italy politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
. Its course takes it over parts of the Forum of Trajan, Forum of Augustus and Forum of Nerva, parts of which can be seen on both sides of the road. There has in recent years been a great deal of archeological excavation on both sides of the road, and it is clear that significant Imperial Roman items remain to be found under it.

Although this road, by its presence, prevents the unearthing of a significant area of Imperial Rome, it must also be said that prior to its building vehicular traffic was allowed to drive through part of the Roman Forum, with the potential of causing incalculable and irremediable damage to the surviving buildings. Archeological excavation continues to date on either side of this road.