Tabularium (overlooking the Forum)

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The Tabularium is the ancient Roman state archives building on the Capitoline Hill, whose monumental remains form a prominent backdrop to the Roman Forum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman building
government building
state archives building
access through Capitoline Museums
architect Gaius Julius Caesar
Lucius Cornelius
architecturalStyle Roman Republican architecture
connectedTo Capitoline Hill
Roman Forum
constructedUnder Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Quintus Lutatius Catulus
constructionStart 78 BC
country Ancient Rome
currentCondition ruin
era Roman Republic
formsBackdropTo Roman Forum
function record storage
state archives
hasFeature long corridor
massive substructure
series of arches
vaulted rooms
hasLevel substructure level
upper stories (largely replaced by later buildings)
hasViewOf Arch of Septimius Severus
Temple of Saturn
Temple of Vespasian and Titus
heritageStatus archaeological site
tourist attraction
laterIncorporatedInto Palazzo Senatorio
locatedIn Capitoline Hill
materialUsed concrete
travertine
tufa
orientation facing Roman Forum
overlooks Roman Forum
partOf Capitoline Hill complex
presentDayLocation Italy
Rome
roofType vaulted
significance important example of Roman Republican engineering
principal state archives of Ancient Rome
usedFor storage of decrees
storage of laws
storage of official records
storage of senatorial acts

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Forum Romanum
Roman Forum
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