Colosseum,
italy , the capital of elegance, and beauty sense its earliest days until the present . with its Temperate climateit all the year and it's distinctive geographic location ;it has been characterized as one of the Most tourist countries in the world; according to World Tourism Organization . it's rich with its abundant Cultural heritages and amazing tourist sites It
has than 50 World Heritage Sites , religious shrines, museums, demotic markets and many other attractive Sites, that drag the tourists admiration and curiosity , there are about 200 cities in italy , each one of them has its own distinctive features , Rome( the capital) , napoli , venice, milan and the more others .
Rome or what was once called The Eternal City ; it is the city of wonder known for its outstanding architecture works, art gallerys ،Upscale shopping malls، and most importantly it holds one of the seven wonders of the world the Colosseum.
The Colosseum
It is gigantic marvelous roman amphitheatre , In the center of rome ,with its 48m high , and 139m length , it is to be the greatest engineering work of all history .It was the king Flafio Vespasian , who established its socle , in 70th BC for Athletic facilities, and compacts , animals Shaw , and for controlling crowds. when Vespasian died ، his son Titus finished building it in the 80th AD .afterwards it was rebuild after the earthquake at eighteen zero six , and then came the wildfire of rome , all of what mentioned has left behind a massive damage , but as the common proverb says what doesn't kill you makes you stronger , wherefore Colosseum has redeem very well this time , The same way every successful work that's requires long term efforts and patience.
On a high rounded platform this super size structure was built ; which raises
It up a little bit above the neighboring buildings . It was designed in an elliptical shape with thick bricks , and clay by top of archti engineers hand-picked by the emperor himself. There are three arches that ring the entire building , the wall of the skelton is made of Terracotta , and caementicium .
Colosseum was called the flefian Amphitheatrum as to the flafian emperors , those who built it .
In the past it was hold about 50,000 individuals , it was used for gladiator compacts ، Mass competitions and even for prisoners execution .
The opening ceremonies toke hundred days.
The stadium has eight lines ، ahead beside the sandy yard , was the empire and Senate members , but at the was the Protarian citizens , there was passages under the ground , that was use to pass on the wrestlers and wild animals into the ring.many lives were lost here in this yard ، just for the puplic interest ، do to that the stadium later turned into a Christian sanctuary to owner the contests victims .
Now days there are more than 7400000 tourists per year .and it's about 10 to 50 euro for visitation ,but to those who are under eighteen , they are for free .the Colosseum is considere as an icon for the western culture , it once was
engraved at the back of the old italian 5 cents coin .
The Colosseum was and will be a sign of pride of roman empire and for Europe all.
