Thursday, December 3, 2009

Rome...a few sites to see pt 1

The most popular tourist destinations in Rome are:

--the Vatican Museums
in Viale Vaticano in Rome, inside the Vatican City, display works from the immense collection built up by the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries.

--the Colosseum
originally the Flavian Amphitheatre is an elliptical amphitheatre, where the Roman gladiators used to fight.

--the Forum Romanum
located between the Palatine hill and the Capitoline hill of the city. It is the central area around which the ancient Roman civilization developed. Citizens referred to the location as the "Forum Magnum" or just the "Forum".

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