Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Palatino and Colosseo

Friday Jan 16: an all-day school trip to see the forums, the Palatino, and the Colosseo.



Nice sunny day...



Somehow, I never took the Coliseum very seriously. In particular, I didn't know that it was built on the spoils from the Judean war:



I didn't know either that it is called Colosseo not because it's huge but because it had a huge statue at the entrance.

Inside, an interesting exhibit about protecting art as national heritage, including this cute 19-th century statue "Young Michelangelo carving a faun's head."

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