The Colosseum

Tour of Ancient Rome (Colosseum)

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June 18th 2007
The tour took us to 6 places. The tour was about 3 hours. We visited Colosseum, Capitoline Hill, Trevi Fountain, Roman Forum, Pantheon, and Piazza Navona. The colosseum was the main place I was interested in. It was enormous. The place looked like it was damaged over the ages and nature destroying it slowly. The Colosseum was designed to hold 50,000 spectators. There are 80 different entrances an ... 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