Vatican City - St Peter Square |
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Listening to the Pope - Sunday 9th November
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Inside St
Peters
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Castle
Sant'Angelo Build by emperor Hadrian - nearly 2000 years old
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Looking down at
the Vatican City from the roof of Castle Sant'Angelo
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The Pantheon -
nearly 2000 years old. Even more impressive inside
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The Spanish Steps | |
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Inside the Colosseum. This shows the arena with floor removed, revealing a complex underground system, which included various mechanisms and apparatus for the games, and the corridors for the entrance and exit of gladiators and the wild animals. |
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The Colosseum.
Completed in the year 80 ad, when 50,000 spectators gathered to
watch the games.
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This temple is
around 2,000 years old, taken from the main forum / town centre
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The Trevi
Fountain
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| Leigh, with the Colosseum in the distance | Piazza Vavona - A square with many restaurants - a nice place to rest, eat and drink | |
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