On Via dei Fori Imperiali. There is a contrast of the new and old in the urban landscape.
The construction appears to be rapid transit train related; Stazione Fori Imperiali on Line C of the Metropolitana di Roma.
Rome; July 2019
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A view of the Colosseo (the Roman Colosseum) from the west.
This huge ancient Roman arena is at the end of the Via dei Fori Imperiali, near the Roman Forum. The stadium is elliptical, and is about 188 metres long. It came to be referred to the Colosseo, or Colosseum, because of a huge great statue of the Emperor Nero that once stood nearby. The Arch of Constantine is on the right here.
The Emperor Vespasian began building the Colosseum in 72 AD to appease public resentment of the excesses of the imperial system. The stadium stands over the site of the Emperor Nero's enormous palace, returning this piece of central Rome to public use. It was completed and inaugurated by his son, Titus in 80 AD. This was the largest arena of ancient times and famous/infamous as the venue for mass viewing of gladiatorial combats as entertainment.
The Colosseum remained in use for over four centuries. Its use faded and ended with the decline of the Western Roman Empire and a change in public tastes.
The huge ruin later became a 'quarry'; stone, marble and iron was removed from it for construction of new buildings in Rome for many years.
Rome; July, 2019
(Panorama Stitched from 3 Images
captured with a Sony RX100M5)
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The Colosseo (the Roman Colosseum) is a huge ancient Roman arena that was completed in 80 AD.
It was famous/infamous as a venue for the viewing of gladiatorial combats as entertainment. It remained in use for over four centuries. Its use faded and ended with the decline of the Western Roman Empire and a change in public tastes.
The huge ruin later became a 'quarry'; stone, marble and iron was removed from it for construction of new buildings in Rome for many years.
Rome; July, 2019
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View of the exterior on the west side of the Colosseum; it is identified as the "Amphitheatrum Flavium" on the placard (in pic here).
The arena came to be referred to the Colosseo, or Colosseum, because of a huge great statue of the Emperor Nero that once stood nearby.
Two emperors from the Flavian dynasty were associated with its construction. The Emperor Vespasian had started building the Colosseum in 72 AD to appease public resentment of the excesses of the imperial system. The stadium stands over the site of the Emperor Nero's enormous palace, returning this piece of central Rome to public use.
The stadium was completed and inaugurated by Vespasian's son, Titus in 80 AD. This was the largest arena of ancient times and famous/infamous as the venue for mass viewing of gladiatorial combats as entertainment.
Rome; July 2019
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Inside the Colosseum, in the outermost portico area around most of the arena.
Rome; July 2019
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