Arena at Colosseum
A jumble of ruins, all that’s left of the labyrinthine passages beneath the arena itself. In Roman times, this area had wooden flooring covered with canvas and sand. The four principal entrances were used by the gladiators, stagehands and corpse removers.
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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... [read more]
Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... [read more] Blog: CIAO! OUR TIME IN ROME...
Date: April 9th 2008
Buongiorno! It’s our last night in Rome so we thought we’d put up our pictures before going to bed. Tomorrow morning we pick up our rental car and start driving north. Our plan, as long as we don’t get too lost, is to make our way to the beautiful medieval city of Siena and then finally we will arrive in Florence tomorrow evening where we will stay for three nights. After Florence we will be ... read more
Date: April 9th 2008
Buongiorno! It’s our last night in Rome so we thought we’d put up our pictures before going to bed. Tomorrow morning we pick up our rental car and start driving north. Our plan, as long as we don’t get too lost, is to make our way to the beautiful medieval city of Siena and then finally we will arrive in Florence tomorrow evening where we will stay for three nights. After Florence we will be ... read more
