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Colosseum: Must see the Colosseum
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  • Updated by Goner on Apr 23, 2003
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  • The Colosseum
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    • Favorite Thing: You must see the Colosseum, it's so much larger than I imagined. It held up to 55,000 people. As you look down into its depths you can see the pens (see in my travelog) where the Christians and the wild animals were kept for slaughter, at the inaugural games in AD 80 over 9,000 wild animals were killed.
    The arena had approximately eighty entrances so crowds could arrive and leave easily and quickly, much more efficient than our buildings of today..
    The plan is a vast ellipse, measuring externally 615 ft x 510 ft, with the base of the building covering about 6 acres. Vaults span between eighty radial walls to support tiers of seating and for passageways and stairs.
    The facade of three tiers of arches and an attic story is about 158 ft tall — roughly equivalent to a 12-15 story building.


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    Piazza Venezia: The Wedding Cake isn't for Eating!
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  • Written by Goner on Feb 25, 2003
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    • Favorite Thing: Such diversity in architecture, fountains, landscapes, and gardens.

    The "Wedding Cake" building is actually The Victor Emmanuel Monument which begun in 1885 and inaugurated in 1911 in honor of Victor Emmanuel II the first king of unified Italy.


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    matcrazy1 Thu Oct 30, 2003 19:25 UTC
     Very beautiful page, as your usual ad my great memories from eternal city. Hmm... I must revisit it to visit Villa d'Este now :-)    		jenn_d Mon May 5, 2003 05:37 UTC
     You are right about Alitalia,,even on the commuter flight the wine was flowing! Can you believe I didn't see one darn gypsy..I even went looking for them!
    janika Sun Apr 20, 2003 02:55 UTC
     I remember the Victor Emmanuel Monument. You can just walk down from the train station on Via Nazionale to get there. Did you see lots of cats around the Colosseum?! :) There are hundreds of cats living near by.    		iandsmith Thu Jan 30, 2003 06:40 UTC
     Nice to see some different photos of the classics
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