{"id":690,"date":"2012-06-25T17:40:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T21:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=690"},"modified":"2024-01-29T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:00:05","slug":"italy-hs-the-colosseum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/italy-hs-the-colosseum\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy HS &#8211; The Colosseum by Austin Oates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCN0639.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-691 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCN0639-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCN0647.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-692 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSCN0647-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Ahhh, the first day in Rome and we get to see one of the greatest things ever built! A true sports fan should really appreciate this place; it was basically the first sports stadium ever built!<\/p>\n<p>When you see the Colosseum in a textbook you think it looks like an incredible structure, but nothing compares to when you see it in real life. It was originally built as\u00a0a house for entertainment holding gladiatorial contests,animal hunts, and battle re-enactments, and was able to hold up to 50,000 spectators. Today, after nearly 2,000 years of damage,the Colosseum can&#8217;t be used as much other than one of the greatest tourist attractions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahhh, the first day in Rome and we get to see one of the greatest things ever built! A true sports fan should really appreciate this place; it was basically the first sports stadium ever built! 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