Colosseum

Roman sights

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June 6th 2008
This morning we went first off to the Colosseum. It’s changed a little bit since I was last here - they were doing conservation and renovation work last time I was here, and they still are. They have put in a part of the timber floor again, in the same style as it was originally I assume and are working on some of the upper walls etc. - Perhaps they are going to put up the awnings etc as they on ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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