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Situated in Mediterranean Europe,
Italy
has land frontiers with France in the north-west, Switzerland and Austria in
the north and Slovenia in the north-east. The peninsula is surrounded by the
Ligurian Sea, the Sardinian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, the
Sicilian Sea and the Ionian Sea in the south and the Adriatic Sea in the
east. Italian is the language of the majority of the population but there
are minorities speaking German, French, Slovene and Ladino
Rome, ColosseoThe original name for the Colosseo is
the Anfiteatrum Flavium. It was built by emperor Vespasiano and
inaugurated in 80 A.D. In ancient times it was the site of the "Naumachie"
or navy-battles, the "Munera" or gladiator-fights,and the "Venationes"
or wild animal-hunts.It could hold up to 87.000 people
Rome, Foro Romano
The original name for the Colosseo is the Anfiteatrum
Flavium. It was built by emperor Vespasiano and inaugurated in 80 A.D.
In ancient times it was the site of the "Naumachie" or navy-battles, the
"Munera" or gladiator-fights,and the "Venationes" or wild animal-hunts.It
could hold up to 87.000 people
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