GLOSSARY

• Reused: Reutilizada• Workshops: Talleres• Quarters: Cuarteles• Quarry: Cantera• Shrine: Santuario• Torchlit: Antorchas

Roman Coliseum

Ludy Alejandra Rengifo Rodriguez

• *ORIGINALLY THE FLAVIAN A AMPHITHEATRE.

*IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST WORKS OF ROMAN ARCHITECTURE AND ROMAN ENGINEERING.

*OCCUPYING A SITE JUST EAST OF THE ROMAN FORUM.

*CAPABLE OF SEATING 50,000 SPECTATORS.

*THE COLOSSEUM WAS U USED FOR GLADIATORIAL C CONTESTS AND PUBLIC S

SPECTACLES.

*THE BUILDING CEASED TO TO BE USED FOR ENTERTAINMENT IN THE

EARLY MEDIEVAL ERA. IT WAS LATER REUSED FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS HOUSING AND WORKSHOPS.

*IT IS ONE OF ROME'S MOST POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND STILL HAS CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

*ON 7TH JULY 2007, IT WAS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE NEW SEVEN WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD.

It is now a major tourist attraction in Rome with thousands of tourists each year paying to view the interior arena, though entrance for EU citizens is partially subsidised, and under-18 and over-65 EU citizens' entrances are free.

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