Visiting Colosseum
What to see and how to plan
Follow the relationship between the arena, seating and circulation spaces. Looking through the arches also places the building in the wider archaeological landscape of Rome.
Why this place matters
Built in the first century CE for the Flavian emperors, the amphitheatre hosted gladiatorial games and animal spectacles and later passed through many different uses.
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