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  2. 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]) 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 largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age.

  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.

  4. Category:Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Colosseum, its history, and its depictions. The building 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 largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age.

  5. Roman amphitheatre - Wikipedia

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    The Colosseum, the largest Roman amphitheatre ever built, and a popular tourist attraction. Roman amphitheatres are theatres — large, circular or oval open-air venues with tiered seating — built by the ancient Romans. They were used for events such as gladiator combats, venationes (animal slayings) and executions.

  6. Rome's ancient Colosseum is getting a high-tech shapeshifting ...

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    After winning a design competition in 2020, Milan Ingegneria and architecture company Labics and Fabio were offered the chance to reconstruct Rome's famous Colosseum. The new arena floor will be ...

  7. Architecture of Rome - Wikipedia

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    The Colosseum is the most prominent example of ancient Roman architecture, but also the Roman Forum, the Domus Aurea, the Pantheon, Trajan's Column, Trajan's Market, the Catacombs, the Circus Maximus, the Baths of Caracalla, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Mausoleum of Augustus, the Ara Pacis, the Arch of Constantine, the Pyramid of Cestius, and the ...

  8. More tourists caught defacing Rome’s ancient Colosseum

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    Two more tourists have been caught apparently defacing the Colosseum in Rome, following a similar incident in June.

  9. Tourist who etched names on Colosseum says he didn't know it ...

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    A tourist who was caught on video defacing the wall of the historic Colosseum in Rome last month by carving a love note into it has ... the nearly 2,000-year-old amphitheater was ancient. ...

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