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  2. Temple of Mercury (Puy de Dôme) - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Mercury at Puy de Dôme is a Gallo-Roman trachyte temple built in the 2nd century at the summit of the lava dome. It replaced a 1st-century arkose temple on the same site, which was apparently too small to accommodate the many pilgrims who visited.

  3. Inaugural games of the Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    Construction of the Colosseum started under Vespasian in a low valley surrounded by the Caelian, Esquiline and Palatine hills. The site became available to Nero by the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 and redeveloped for his personal enjoyment with the construction of a huge artificial lake in the Domus Aurea, and a colossal statue of himself. [2]

  4. Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    The Colosseum (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ s iː ə m / KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo], ultimately from Ancient Greek word "kolossos" meaning a large statue or giant) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the ...

  5. The Colosseum from the Campo Vaccino - Wikipedia

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    The Colosseum from the Campo Vaccino is an 1822 landscape painting by the English artist Charles Lock Eastlake. [1] It depicts a view of the Colosseum in Rome viewed from the Palatine Hill which along with the Roman Forum was known at the time as the Campo Vaccino, due to its use as an enclosure for cattle brought for the city's markets.

  6. List of Roman amphitheatres - Wikipedia

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    Map of Roman amphitheatres. The remains of at least 230 Roman amphitheatres have been found widely scattered around the area of the Roman Empire.These are large, circular or oval open-air venues with raised 360 degree seating and not to be confused with the more common theatres, which are semicircular structures.

  7. Mercure (hotel) - Wikipedia

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    Mercure is a French midscale hotel chain owned by Accor. [2] Created in 1973 in France, the brand was acquired by Accor in 1975, and subsequently became a major part of the company's midscale hotel portfolio, alongside Novotel .

  8. Amphitheatre of El Jem - Wikipedia

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    It was featured in films such as Monty Python's Life of Brian and the television travel series Long Way Down. [4]American sportswear company Nike used this location in 1996 to shoot a television commercial titled "Good vs Evil", which depicts a gladiatorial-style soccer game set in a Roman amphitheatre.

  9. Regensburg subcamp - Wikipedia

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    This abstract work of Flossenbürg granite and limestone is located in a free space (combination mini-park and bicycle parking lot) opposite the Colosseum, but offset by approximately 70 meters on the other side of the street. [U] The carved inscription avoids naming or specifying the exact location of the former Colosseum subcamp. [18]

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