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El Coliseo Romano

The gladiator lying on the sand with a sword pressing his jugular looks to the Emperor, it all depends on where point the thumb. If is up live and get a reward, but if the finger is pointing down, his life will end at that moment under the eye of the 50,000 spectators who pack the stands of the Roman Coliseum.

hard to imagine the legendary battles represented here 2000 years ago saw the current dilapidated that it exposes the tunnels, dungeons and rooms where slaves, gladiators and wild beasts waiting for their turn to feed the appetite for blood and violence of the old Roman town. That if it had to be a pressure cooker and not the soccer fields Current ...

The monument, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980, is located in the center of the city of Rome from 80 AD, when after more than 8 years of work opened with the conclusion of games that lasted 100 days, which according to some historians as Dion Cassius, it is estimated that more than 9000 animals were killed.

It was the Emperor Vespasian, who ordered its construction in the very heart of the Empire, thus breaking with the standard of building this type of buildings outside the cities.
This huge amphitheater was really impressive dimensions, 189 meters long by 156 wide and over 50 meters high, which is divided into bleachers where each class had its place:

At the podium, located on the lower the building and close to the sand, stood the emperor, senators and other distinguished Romans. The following story
maeniarium were called, and they could find, starting with the lower bowl and ending at the top, the rest of the aristocracy in the first place, people rich, the poor and the last level in the highest area for poor women.

The way to access each of the levels is made through interior corridors and vomitoria, the same structure that is currently used in soccer stadiums, and probably was copied from this building.

On the facade, we can distinguish three levels with arches in which formerly were placed statues of gods and emperors, and a final level without arms which can see the holes where they were placed wooden masts that supported the ropes and pulleys to cover cloth called velarium, which had just anchored guy lines on the outside of the arena and allowed to fold and unfold this cover to protect spectators from the sun and sand the entire area where the games were held.

The coliseum was the best representation of the Latin phrase panem et circus (bread and circuses), which sums up everything that rulers needed to keep the populace entertained and well able to handle the people at will .

The main applications of the Colosseum were the epitome of great battles, hunting of wild animals, among which were lions, giraffes, elephants, rhinos ... and the well-known gladiator fights, whose term comes from the Latin gladius (sword), whence the word gladiator or carrier the sword.

Other uses less known were the simulations of naval battles (navalia proelia), where it flooded the area of \u200b\u200bthe sand to make warships and recreate famous naval battles of the time, or recreations of landscapes with trees, animals and buildings where they represented some mythological work.

is estimated that all games played at the Coliseum since it opened until the middle of V century, died of 500,000 to 1,000,000 people, which gives an idea of \u200b\u200bthe violence and brutality of the shows represented there.

From the Middle Ages, this amphitheater has been home to churches, cemeteries, forts and has even used as a quarry for building palaces and other monuments, in addition to supporting several earthquakes that have been slowly making a dent in its structure throughout its history.

Today is one of tourist symbols of the city of Rome and one of the most visited monuments.

To avoid the huge queues to visit the inside, I recommend you buy the tickets at the Palatine and the Roman Forum, as the ticket is the same for the 3 and is valid for 2 days.

RATES (Summer 2009):

€ 12.00:
normal entry € 7.50: reduced rate - 18-24 year-olds, students, teachers ...
Free: under 18 and 65

I leave the arena's official website that you may find updated information on schedules, opening dates ... Http://www.il-colosseo.it/

After buying tickets, if you want to start your visit at 3 campuses by the Coliseum, you can skip straight to the turnstiles avoiding the long queue of ticket .

From one level of arcs, we can poke at and around contemplate the nearby Palatine Hill and the Arch of Constantine.

between the Colosseum and one of the entrances to the Roman Forum, is the Arch of Constantine, a triumphal arch commemorating the victory of Constantine I in the battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD

This arc of 21 meters high and 26 wide, is built of marble and is the old route taken by those emperors who entered the city victorious through the Via Triumphalis.

As you can see in the pictures below, the night visit to the area around the Coliseum is a good option to see this monument without so many tourists and Romans delighted to be disguised as a picture with you to a "reasonable" price.

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Especially when taking a photo of the area with your own camera you see one of them, as you can get a tip for exit request photo! jajaja

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Piazza Navona - Rome

on the remains of an ancient Roman circus called Circus Agonalis, stands one of the most famous Baroque squares and full of art from all over the city of Rome. By keeping track of the former circus built around the year 86 AD, the square shape is oval, just 260 meters long and 55 wide, which suggests that had a capacity of 30,000 people.

late fifteenth century the central market moved from the Capitol to the Piazza Navona, site to be occupied until the late nineteenth century, when he moved to the Piazza Campo de Fiori, where it continues to be to this day.

Today we can find several restaurants and cafes, as well as many street performers, small exhibitions ... who manage the place is always quite lively.

essential places to see in this place are:

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers):

This source of Bernini, is located in the center of the square represents the four major rivers known in the mid-seventeenth century: Rio de la Plata (America), Danube (Europe), Nile (Africa), Ganges (Asia).

The curiosity of this source is that Bernini and the manager of one of the renovations of the facade of the Church of St. Agnes, Francesco Borromini, were rivals.

This is reflected in the source in any of the statues of the rivers facing the church. One of them, appears with his hand raised protectively for fear that he would come over for improper performance of the work or not to see the front of it. Another

appears with his head covered to avoid even the vision of the nearby church.

Many of the book you also sound (and Hollywood adaptation) Angels and Demons, where it appears as one of the altars of science.

Fontana di Nettuno (Neptune Fountain):

This source is represented by one of the 12 great gods of Olympus, Neptune with his trident fighting various marine animals horses while trying to flee.

work of Giacomo della Porta, is located at one end of the square, opposite another source by the same author called Fontana del Moro.

Chiesa di Sant'Agnese in Agone (Iglesia de Santa Inés):

According to tradition, this church is built on the spot where he died martyred at age 13 in the year Santa Inés dc 304
In one of the chapels can see part of his body, particularly the skull.

also highlight the frescoes of the dome representing the martyrdom of St. Agnes.

The story of my visit to the Piazza Navona is that coincided with my stay in Rome, he was celebrating the G8 summit in the town of L'Aquila, so some of their participants approached the city of Rome, and one afternoon I was walking around the square, was a procession of more than 20 official cars, police, helicopters and other means of safety, mount quite a stir in the restaurants square and between citizens and tourists thronged the area.
the end we did not know very well who was our "guest", but what you heard (or half understood) was that Gadaffi had gone to dinner at a restaurant or that Michelle Obama was buying an ice cream and visiting the nearby Senate building.

This may not suffer the consequences of the visit of these agents, but later I will tell you "thank you" to them, I had to change my plans to visit and give some of them mandatory.

By the way, I blurred the official license plates to see if they're going to censor the article by telling this story and show a photo of hype and official cars ...

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Church of St. Ignazio - Rome

halfway between the Pantheon and Fontana di Trevi, is the Church of San Ignacio de Loyola, built in 1626 and dedicated to the newly canonized Ignatius Loyola, one of the founders of the Jesuit order.

is located in the Piazza di San Ignazio `t, where the curious can also see buildings housing Guardianship Unit Artistic Heritage of the Carabinieri, the Italian equivalent of our Guardia Civil.

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highlight of this church are its fresh, especially that of the nave, representing San Ignacio spreading the word of God for the world.
appear painted on a flat roof columns that look real and give the impression that the nave has one other plant, whose ceiling is the sky itself to that address souls guided by several saints.

correctly To watch this fresh perspective, must be placed at a point in the middle of the nave marked with a brass disk.

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The other highlight is its false dome painted on a huge canvas and depending on where we stand, we'll see how it changes the perspective of it, in a game of visual illusions drawn in a great by its author, artist Andrea Pozzo, who also Previous fresco, The Apotheosis of St. Ignatius.

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Piazza di Spagna (Plaza de España, Roma)

The English Embassy, \u200b\u200blocated in the square since the seventh century, lends its name to one of the most visited places in the city of Rome and not only by tourists since it is also an important meeting point for the Romans themselves.

The famous staircase where hundreds of people sit to relax, socialize, take an ice cream ... was built in 1735 to bridge the gap that separated the English embassy in the Chiesa Trinita dei Monti, the work paid for thanks to the contributions of the French Bourbons.

The final section of the staircase, is divided into several terraces, balconies from which we can see the city of Rome from a different point of view, and allows us to see the height difference between Piazza di Spagna and Trinita Chiesa dei Monti.

From the viewpoint just in front of the obelisk is located next to the church, we can see the exclusive Via Condotti to the left, the dome of the basilica of San Ambrogio e Carlo first, and St. Peter's almost faded the background:

In the center of the square is the Fontana della Barcaccia, a sculpture by Bernini that they say represents a sunken ship that arrived at the plaza during the overflow of the Tiber in 1598.

Finally, I notice that in theory it is forbidden to eat on the steps in recent years, they say to keep it clean and in good condition, but perhaps the restaurants and luxury shops are nearby something to do with this ban ...