The inside of the Colosseum

Rome

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April 9th 2008
9 April 2008 Today was our Roman Ruins day. We started at the Colosseum which despite being left to decay over many centuries and some of the materials being taken away for other uses is still very impressive and rather like a derelict version of a modern sports stadium. You walk around the inside on two levels. The areas beneath the where the various props for the fights were kept are also ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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