Colosseum

Colosseum, Pantheon, etc.

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November 30th 2006
This morning we headed for the Colosseum. Built by Vespasian in the 1st century AD, the arena has stood for almost two thousand years as a centerpiece in the city. From the outside it didn’t look as big as I had imagined it, but from within you really see just how massive it really is. We walked around the first level for a while, then decided to take the stairs to the second level instead of t ... 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