Colosseo

Colosseum

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Architectural postcard illustration of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy
An architectural postcard from the Living Atlas.

A travertine amphitheater opened in 80 AD that held 50,000 spectators, its broken ring still the symbol of Rome.

Why Atlas chose this place

Two thousand years of arches, half-ruined and wholly perfect — stone, shadow, and endurance in one ellipse.

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