A basilica used to mean a large rectangular building with an interior that had one or two rows of columns defining a central and side aisles. The Temple of Vesta with the Vestial Virgins would be in the dead center of the photo, with the 3 columns remaining of the Temple of Castor and Pollux to the left of it. The Temple of Julius Caesar would be below the 3 columns and behind the wall a quarter of the way up from the bottom. View back from Palantine hill toward the camera view point of the photo to the left. The building with the columned portico in front of the Curia is again the Temple of Antonius and Faustina .
Parking is kind of hard to find in downtown Rome.
Behind the cars is the Markets of Trajan. The curved section is one of the first malls built in history, with 3 stories of shops. Trajans Forum and the Trajan's Column. The two churches on either side are the church of Santa Maria di Loreto and the church of the Holy Name of Mary. Detail of the frieze from Trajans column showing soldiers doing construction and fighting in the top band.