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Colosseum - Rome

 

The Colosseum, originally called Anfiteatro Flavio (Flavian Amphitheatre), was built around the years 70-80 b.c., and was inaugurated under the Emperor Titus Flavius.

The building, which became the symbol of the city, was used during the entire imperial age to host battles and games. Thanks to an accurate and sophisticated work of engineering, the amphitheatre could even be flooded, in order to host naval battles (Naumachie), with war vessels on real scale as protagonists.

In the common imaginary, thanks also to the film The Gladiator, the Colosseum is mostly known for the cruel battles which took place inside between the gladiators and ferocious beasts.

The amphitheatre was also used for executions, the most famous were the executions of the Christians, but in the course of the centuries, and with the conversion of Rome to Christianity, the games lost their importance and turned into mere representations of animal hunts, before they completely disappeared in the first half of the 16th century.

At the time of its construction, the Colosseum had a maximum capacity of 50.000 spectators.

Piazza del ColosseoColosseo
Open all days from 9 am to 2 hours before sunset.
full rate ticket: 9 Euro
half rate ticket 4.50 Euro
free admission: young people under 18 and adults over 65.
Closed on 25th December and 1st January.
Ticket includes entry to the Palatine. The monument is included in the circuit of the Archaelogical Card sites. During exhibitions there is an additional fare of 2 Euro

 

 

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