ROME SILENT BEAUTY THE COLOSSEUM (ITS REAL NAME IS THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE) IS A SYMBOL OF ROME AND ITS ENDURANCE IN TIME. BUILT IN THE MANNER OF A STADIUM ATOP THE RUINS OF NERO’S PALACE, THE DOMUS AUREA, INAUGURATED IN THE YEAR 80 AD BY EMPEROR TITUS WITH CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS THAT, ACCORDING TO LEGEND, LASTEDONE HUNDRED DAYS IN A ROW, FOR CENTURIES IT HOSTED GLADIATORIAL FIGHTS AND COUNTLESS TYPES OF SPECTACULAR BATTLES. BECAUSE IT HAS CONSTANTLY BEEN REPURPOSED, THE COLOSSEUMHAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES. THE FRANGIPANE FAMILY INSTALLED A FORTRESS THERE, WHICHWAS LATER DEMOLISHED. NEVERTHELESS, IT HAS UNDERGONE SEVERE DAMAGE DUE TO EARTHQUAKES AND THE CONSTANT LOOTING OF MATERIALS, WHICHWAS ESPECIALLY PERPETRATED DURING THE RENAISSANCE. IT IS ALMOST FIFTY METERS IN HEIGHT, ELLIPTICAL IN SHAPE, AND THE FACADE FEATURES A TRIPLE SERIES OF EIGHTY ARCHES. THE ONES ON THE GROUND ARE NUMBERED INORDER TOMANAGE THE ENTRANCE OF THE PUBLIC. THE VIA SACRA TOWARD THE ARCH OF TITUS Previous pages THE COLOSSEUM FROM THE VIA SACRA
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