Theme Week Rome – Colosseum and Trajan’s Forum

9 November 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  11 minutes

Colosseum © David Iliff

Colosseum © David Iliff

COLOSSEUM

The Colosseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.   read more…

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