Coliseum

The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of , Italy, just east of the . It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world.
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  • Type: Amphitheater
  • Description: ancient Roman amphitheater, a landmark of Rome, Italy
  • Also known as: “amfiteatr Flawiuszów”, “amfiteatrul Flavian”, “Amphitheater”, “amphithéâtre Flavien”, “Amphitheatrum”, “Amphitheatrum Novum”, “Colise”, “coliseo romano”, “Colosseum”, “colosseumul roman”, “Flavian Amphitheater”, “Flavian Amphitheatre”, “Flavijev amfiteatar”, “Flavijų amfiteatras”, “Flaviovské koloseum”, “Flaviovský amfiteátr”, “Flavius amphitheatre”, “Koloseu”, “Římské koloseum”, “Roman Coliseum”, “Roman Colosseum”, “the Colosseum”, “الكلوسيم”, “الكوليسيوم”, “المدرج الفلافي”, “କଲୋସିୟମ”, “콜로세오”, “コロシアム”, “コロセアム”, “コロセウム”, “コロッセアム”, “コロッセウム”, “フラウィウス円形闘技場”, “フラウィウス闘技場”, “古罗马大竞技场”, “古罗马斗兽场”, “哥罗塞姆”, “大競技場”, “科洛西姆”, “科罗赛姆”, “科里色姆斗兽场”, “罗马大角斗场”, “罗马角斗场”, and “羅馬競技場”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Arch of Constantine and Arch of Titus.

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The is a triumphal arch in dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in AD 312. is situated 140 metres west of Coliseum.

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The is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, , just to the south-east of the . It was constructed in c. is situated 310 metres west of Coliseum.

Archaeological site
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The was a vast landscaped complex built by the Emperor Nero largely on the Oppian Hill in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city. is situated 260 metres northeast of Coliseum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colosseo and Palatine Hill.

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Locality
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The , which is the centremost of the seven hills of Rome, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".

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Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in . Esquilino is named for the Esquiline hill on which it stands. It lies south of the Termini station and is centred more or less on the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II.

Coliseum

Latitude
41.89018° or 41° 53′ 25″ north
Longitude
12.49231° or 12° 29′ 32″ east
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
8FHJVFRR+3W
Geo­Names ID
6269248
Wiki­data ID
Q10285
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Coliseum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Colosseum”
  • Albanian: “Koloseumi”
  • Amharic: “ኮሎሲየም”
  • Arabic: “كولوسيوم”
  • Aragonese: “Coloseu”
  • Armenian: “Կոլիզեյ”
  • Armenian: “Կոլիզեում”
  • Assamese: “ক’ল’ছিয়াম”
  • Assamese: “কলছিয়াম”
  • Asturian: “Coliséu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kolizey”
  • Bashkir: “Колизей”
  • Basque: “Koliseoa”
  • Bavarian: “Colosseum”
  • Belarusian: “Калізей”
  • Belarusian: “Калізэй”
  • Bengali: “কলোসিয়াম”
  • Bhojpuri: “कोलोसियम”
  • Bosnian: “Koloseum”
  • Breton: “Kolize”
  • Bulgarian: “Колизей”
  • Burmese: “ကိုလော့စီယမ်”
  • Catalan: “Colosseu”
  • Cebuano: “Colosseum (ampitiyatro sa Italya)”
  • Cebuano: “Colosseum”
  • Central Bikol: “Colosseum”
  • Central Kurdish: “کلۆسیۆم”
  • Chechen: “Колизей”
  • Chinese: “罗马斗兽场”
  • Cornish: “Colosseum”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Kolizey”
  • Croatian: “Kolosej”
  • Czech: “Koloseum”
  • Danish: “Colosseum”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kolezyum”
  • Dutch: “Colosseum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولوسيوم”
  • Emilian: “Colosseo”
  • Esperanto: “Koloseo”
  • Estonian: “Colosseum”
  • Faroese: “Kolosseum”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Colosseum”
  • Finnish: “Colosseum”
  • French: “Colisée”
  • Galician: “Coliseo de Roma”
  • Georgian: “კოლოსეუმი”
  • German: “Kolosseum”
  • Greek: “Κολοσσαίο”
  • Guarani: “Koty Tesaroryrã Rómagui”
  • Guarani: “Koty tesaroryrã Rrómagui”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Kolizé”
  • Gujarati: “કોલોસીયમ”
  • Hebrew: “קולוסיאום”
  • Hindi: “कोलोसियम”
  • Hungarian: “Colosseum”
  • Icelandic: “Colosseum”
  • Indonesian: “Koloseum”
  • Interlingua: “Colosseo”
  • Irish: “An Colasaem”
  • Italian: “Anfiteatro Flavio”
  • Italian: “Colosseo”
  • Japanese: “コロッセオ”
  • Javanese: “Colloseum”
  • Jju: “Collosseum”
  • Kabiyè: “Koliisee”
  • Kabyle: “Akulusyum”
  • Kabyle: “Kolosyum”
  • Kazakh: “Колизей”
  • Kirghiz: “Колизей”
  • Kölsch: “Kolosseum”
  • Korean: “콜로세움”
  • Kurdish: “Coliseum”
  • Kurdish: “Kolezyûm”
  • Latin: “Amphiteatrum Flavium”
  • Latin: “Amphitheatrum Flavium”
  • Latin: “Coliseum”
  • Latin: “Coliseus”
  • Latin: “Colosseum”
  • Latvian: “Kolizejs”
  • Ligurian: “Colosseo”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Coloseo”
  • Literary Chinese: “羅馬鬥獸場”
  • Lithuanian: “Koliziejus”
  • Lombard: “Colossee”
  • Low German: “Kolosseum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kolosseum”
  • Macedonian: “Колосеум”
  • Madurese: “Koloseum”
  • Magahi: “कोलोसियम”
  • Maithili: “कोलोसियम”
  • Malagasy: “Kolisy”
  • Malay: “Colosseum”
  • Malay: “Koloseum”
  • Malayalam: “കൊളോസിയം”
  • Maltese: “Kolossew”
  • Manipuri: “ꯀꯣꯂꯣꯁꯤꯌꯝ”
  • Marathi: “कलोसियम”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Colosseum”
  • Mingrelian: “კოლიზეუმი”
  • Mingrelian: “კოლოსეუმი”
  • Mongolian: “Колизей”
  • Nauru: “Colosseum”
  • Nepali: “कोलोसियम”
  • Newari: “कोलोजियम”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Colosseum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Colosseum”
  • Norwegian: “Colosseum”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Colisèu”
  • Oriya: “କୋଲୋଜିୟମ୍”
  • Oriya: “କୋଲୋସିୟମ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਲੋਸੀਅਮ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਲੋਸੀਅਮ”
  • Persian: “کولوسئوم”
  • Piemontese: “Colossé”
  • Polish: “Koloseum”
  • Portuguese: “Coliseu de Roma”
  • Portuguese: “Coliseu”
  • Quechua: “Colosseum”
  • Romanian: “Colosseum”
  • Russian: “Колизей”
  • Rusyn: “Колосей”
  • Samogitian: “Kolėzėjos”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Kolosseum”
  • Scots: “Colosseum”
  • Serbian: “Колосеум”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Koloseum”
  • Sicilian: “Culusseu”
  • Sindhi: “ڪولوزيئم”
  • Slovak: “Koloseum”
  • Slovenian: “Kolosej”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کولوسئوم”
  • Spanish: “Coliseo de Roma”
  • Spanish: “Coliseo”
  • Sundanese: “Koloseum”
  • Swahili: “Koloseo”
  • Swedish: “Colosseum”
  • Swiss German: “Colosseum”
  • Tagalog: “Koliseo”
  • Tamil: “கொலோசியம், ரோம்”
  • Tamil: “கொலோசியம்”
  • Tatar: “Колизей”
  • Telugu: “కొలోస్సియం”
  • Thai: “โคลอสเซียม”
  • Turkish: “Kolezyum”
  • Twi: “Colosseo”
  • Udmurt: “Колизей”
  • Uighur: “رىم گىلادىئاتورلار مەيدانى”
  • Ukrainian: “Колізей”
  • Urdu: “کولوزیئم”
  • Uzbek: “Kolizey”
  • Veps: “Kolizei”
  • Vietnamese: “Đấu trường La Mã”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Coliseo”
  • Welsh: “Colosseum”
  • Western Armenian: “Քոլիզէում”
  • Western Armenian: “Քոլիսէոմ”
  • Western Frisian: “Kolosseum”
  • Western Panjabi: “کولوزیئم”
  • Wu Chinese: “罗马斗兽场”
  • Yiddish: “קאלאסעום”
  • Yue Chinese: “鬥獸場”
  • Zeeuws: “Colosseum”
  • “tomo Kolosejo”
  • “कोलोसियम”

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