Wednesday 17 August 2016

Best Rome Tours, Excursions and Activities 2016, Visit Rome

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1. Colosseum
Roman Colosseum is the largest in the world and the most famous arena. Flavian Dynasty Emperor Vespasian in 72 AD its construction was started by his son Titus in 80 AD and was finished by. Some 50,000 visitor’s entrance Colosseum less than 80 may enter through the building was able to hold. Today, thousands of tourists to see the Colosseum, what is left to pay for the interior area is a major tourist attraction in Rome.

2. St. Peter's Basilica
Is the canter of the Catholic world and a major tourist attraction, is a large church of St. Peter's Basilica: an interior height of 120 meters, the space shuttle, along with its booster rocket, as could be fit in the statue of Liberty. The Basilica is the traditional site where Peter the Apostle is believed that the first pope, was crucified and buried stands. Construction on the current building began in 1506 and 1615. Many well-known artists and great work on the complex was completed: Michelangelo designed the dome, while the great Bernini designed St. Peter's Square.

3. Pantheon

One of the best preserved Roman buildings, the Pantheon as a temple to all the Roman gods was built in 126 AD. Since the 7th century temple served as a Roman Catholic church is. Pantheon huge granite Corinthian columns, with a large circular portico consists of three ranks. Oculus: a central open portico with a rotunda topped with a concrete dome opens. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.

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