Roma airport transferTourist guide - Circo Massimo
It was the biggest stadium of the ancient Rome, but there is only a big prairie We have an idea of bow it could look like because of the different traces
that the archaeologists found during their excavations. According to the roman tradition the circus was built in the place where the Sabine bad been kidnapped The final structure, of walls is from the II century BC, and around 549 AD, some building works bad been ordered by the king of the Goth so as to improve the beauty of the circus is structure, then be decided to organise one of the last "races" in this place The place is impressive and bas titanic Is dimensions In fact the circus is 600 metres long and 200 metres wide, with a seating capacity of 350 000 seats, a lot of races and bloody games with wild animals were used to take place. The two Egyptians obelisks, which used to decorate the central reservation, bad been moved by sisto V in the XVI century One of them bas been transferred to the Piazza del popolo while the other is in Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano During the middle- age the build became a fortress, you can also visit the little Frangipane's tower |
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