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Real Name: Asli Aydin Pallara
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Ancient Rome: Domus Aurea
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  • Written by kedi+ on Feb 26, 2003
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  • Usually Rome tours take 3-4 days and unluckily this time can not be enough to finish all the Rome. So many people leave Rome without seeing Domus Aurea.. It's being found just few years ago and archeological works are still going on. It's still forbidden to enter some rooms for security...
    The Domus Aurea or "golden house" is one of Nero's most extravagant projects. After two-thirds of Rome were decimated by the great fire in 64 A.D., Nero used this land as a site for his new palace. It was not so much a palace as a series of buildings scattered over a landscaped "countryside" including an artificial lake. It was extravagantly crafted, boasting rooms and hallways decorated almost entirely in gold. Severus and Celer, the architects in charge of the project, utilized a revolutionary movement in architecture that emphasized arches and interior spaces.
    After Nero, Trajan changed this place and made constructed his famous Trajan Baths... It's known as he did this for the hate for Nero.

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    Comments for kedi+ about Rome
    jo104 Tue Jun 6, 2006 11:59 UTC
     Really good page - hope you have a fab birthday today - greetings from sunny london
    1anthony1 Wed Dec 8, 2004 14:40 UTC
     you need a picture of italian restauraunts!!! for an assignment i have for school
    Big-Damian Wed Mar 10, 2004 00:13 UTC
     Great page on Rome. I just love that city. Mostly the history part of it.
    dr.firas Wed Dec 3, 2003 14:17 UTC
     I liked this page a lot dear Asli! Intro is Simple but very effective! The Colosseum! Hmmm I'm the Gladiator! Roman Forum! is there any Dr.Firas and Kedi+ ?!! it would be more interesting to have such a great team like that :-))))
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