Julius Caesar began the Curia in 44 BC, replacing the reconstructed Curia Cornelia, and his assassination interrupted the work. Augustus finished it in 29 BC, though the infobox still lists Caesar as the builder. Fire damaged it in 283, and Diocletian rebuilt it from 284 to 305. The standing remains are his building.
The interior hall is 83 feet (25.2 m) long and 58 feet (17.61 m) wide. The exterior is brick-faced concrete with a large buttress at each corner, marble slabs on the lower front wall and stucco imitating white marble blocks above. Three broad steps could seat about 300 senators. The floor is opus sectile with green and red porphyry.
In the 7th century it became the church of Sant'Adriano al Foro. The Italian state acquired it in July 1923, and a remodeling in the 1930s produced the modern roof, upper side walls and rear facade. The article gives no visiting information.
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