The early morning light creates great shadows.
The rebuilt arena floor (that the Pope uses now for services at certain events, sometimes).
Love the way the green trees show through the arches.
A quick pic in the crisp morning air. Note the orange circle sticker on my wife's top, that's how our tour leader knew who was in his group of 10.
I've read that the Colosseum is the most photographed location on earth - and I believe it!
And this is where it dawns on me: even if the marble had not been stripped to construct other buildings (including the Vatican), the Colosseum would still be in quite a deteriorated state. Marble apparently does not hold up particularly well 2000 years outdoors.
An interesting piece of marble that was somehow missed by the deconstructors.
A few close-ups looking into the basement...
More close-ups of the basement...
People give this structure scale...
Modern graffiti. I've become more forgiving of it after realizing nothing has changed in thousands of years. Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other Roman cities were covered in graffiti 2000 years ago. I still don't like it though. :-)
We're not sure why, but we noted many Japanese posing with peace signs. Here is one example.
Dig the guy posing!
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