February 6, 2011. After spending years on making repairs, the Roman Forum has finally opened over 7 acres of land for public use. This land includes the House of the Vestal Virgins and its temple, a group of ruins known in Latin as the ‘Atrium Vestae’ that includes the Temple of Vesta.

oh cool i guess they’ve opened up some of the buildings there

the house of the vestal virgins, close to the temple obviously, was gated off when i was there, but you could see the reflecting pool in the middle and even some of the statues of famous vestal virgins around it

palatine hill looms over it