The Colosseum, no doubt, is a must for Rome visitors.
We visited The Colosseum 4 years ago - meant to post some newer photos, but the travel bug was hit by COVID19, hard:(
This photo was taken with a Canon 5D III and a 24-105 F4 lens.
Some fun facts about The Colosseum according to justfunfacts.com
The Colosseum is an amphitheatre in the center of Rome.
Construction began in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian.
Titus, Vespasian’s son and successor completed the construction in 80 AD. It took only 8 years to build.
It is the largest amphitheatre in the world and considered to be one of the greatest Roman architecture and engineering works.
Colosseum is an elliptical building measuring 189 meters (620 feet) long and 156 meters (510 feet) wide with a base area of 24,000 m² (258,333 ft²) with a height of more than 48 meters (157 feet).
The Colosseum has about 80 entrances and can accommodate about 50,000 spectators.
The southern side of the Colosseum collapsed in a massive earthquake in 847.
In 2007, Colosseum was chosen as one of the New 7 wonders of the world.
The Colosseum has around 4 million tourists per year.
It’s closed temporarily due to COVID19.
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