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| A beautiful end to an amazing day overlooking the Colosseum. |
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| So the first thing we did was head straight for the Colosseum. Amazing how the sunlight changes the look of the stone over a period of a few hours! |
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| Inside the magnificant and quite humbling colosseum. |
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| The arc de Constantinec was constructed to celebrate the victory against Maxentius. |
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| The Column of Marcus erected in 180 AD! Its spiralling bands of reliefs are still visible, stands 100 feet high and tells the pictorial tale of Aurelian`s Danubian wars. |
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| At the cross roads of Le Quattro Fontane (the four fountains, each on one corner of the street) |
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| Among whats left of the ancient runins of Imperial Rome in the Roman Forum. The temple of Jupiter, the most important Roman temple is in the background. |
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| Another view of the ruins in the Roman Forum. |
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| Frankie snapped this one in the Roman Forum. |
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| Trevi`s fountain. We loved it so much we came back to this spot three times! Our last night we spent watching the fountain with a bottle of red wine, prosciutto and fresh mozzerella for a romantic fountainside dinner. |
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| Passing by some ancient ruins in the Roman Forum at night. |
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| One of three of Bernini`s fountainsfound in Plazza Navona, which was originally built as a raceway for chariots. |
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