Colosseum
The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age.Photo: FeaturedPics, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Notable Places in the Area
Arch of Constantine
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The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. Arch of Constantine is situated 140 metres west of Colosseum.
Arch of Titus
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The Arch of Titus is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. Arch of Titus is situated 310 metres west of Colosseum.
Domus Aurea
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The Domus Aurea 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. Domus Aurea is situated 270 metres northeast of Colosseum.
Localities in the Area
Colosseo
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The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire.
Palatine Hill
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The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Esquilino-San Giovanni
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Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in Rome.
Colosseum
- Type: Amphitheater
- Description: ancient Roman amphitheatre, a landmark of Rome, Italy
- Categories: Roman amphitheatre, archaeological site, tourist attraction, stadium, archaeological artifact museum, Italian national museum, historical civil building museum and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.89018° or 41° 53' 25" northLongitude
12.49231° or 12° 29' 32" eastElevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open Location Code
8FHJVFRR+3WGeoNames ID
6269248Wikidata ID
Q10285Colosseum Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Kolosyum
- Afrikaans: Colosseum
- Albanian: Koloseu
- Albanian: Koloseumi
- Amharic: ኮሎሲየም
- Arabic: Coliseo
- Arabic: الكلوسيم
- Arabic: الكوليسيوم
- Arabic: المدرج الفلافي
- Arabic: كولوسيوم
- Aragonese: Coloseu
- Armenian: Կոլիզեյ
- Armenian: Կոլիզեում
- Armenian: Քոլիսէոմ
- 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: Flavijev amfiteatar
- 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: Colosseum
- Chinese: 古罗马大竞技场
- Chinese: 古罗马斗兽场
- Chinese: 哥罗塞姆
- Chinese: 大競技場
- Chinese: 科洛西姆
- Chinese: 科罗赛姆
- Chinese: 科里色姆斗兽场
- Chinese: 罗马大角斗场
- Chinese: 罗马斗兽场
- Chinese: 罗马角斗场
- Chinese: 羅馬競技場
- Chinese: 羅馬鬥獸場
- Chinese: 鬥獸場
- Cornish: Colosseum
- Crimean Tatar: Kolizey
- Croatian: Kolosej
- Czech: Flaviovské koloseum
- Czech: Flaviovský amfiteátr
- Czech: Koloseum
- Czech: Římské koloseum
- Danish: Colosseum
- Dimli (individual language): Kolezyum
- Dutch: Colosseum
- Egyptian Arabic: كولوسيوم
- English: Amphitheatrum Flavium
- English: Coliseum
- English: Flavian Amphitheater
- English: Flavian Amphitheatre
- English: Flavius amphitheatre
- English: Roman Coliseum
- English: Roman Colosseum
- Esperanto: Koloseo
- Estonian: Colosseum
- Faroese: Kolosseum
- Fiji Hindi: Colosseum
- Finnish: Colosseum
- French: Colisée
- French: amphithéâtre Flavien
- Galician: Amphitheatrum
- Galician: Anfiteatro Flavio
- Galician: Coliseo de Roma
- Georgian: კოლოსეუმი
- German: Amphitheater
- German: Amphitheatrum Flavium
- German: Amphitheatrum Novum
- German: Colosseo
- 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: コロシアム
- Japanese: コロセアム
- Japanese: コロセウム
- Japanese: コロッセアム
- Japanese: コロッセウム
- Japanese: コロッセオ
- Japanese: フラウィウス円形闘技場
- Japanese: フラウィウス闘技場
- Javanese: Colloseum
- Kabiyè: Koliisee
- Kabyle: Kolosyum
- Kazakh: Колизей
- Kirghiz: Колизей,
- Korean: 콜로세오
- Korean: 콜로세움
- Kurdish: Coliseum
- Latin: Amphiteatrum Flavium
- Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium
- Latin: Coliseum
- Latin: Coliseus
- Latin: Colosseum
- Latvian: Kolizejs
- Ligurian: Colosseo
- Lingua Franca Nova: Coloseo
- Lithuanian: Koliziejus
- Lombard: Colossee
- Low German: Kolosseum
- Luxembourgish: Kolosseum
- Macedonian: Колосеум
- 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
- Mongolian: ꯀꯣꯂꯣꯁꯤꯌꯝ
- Nauru: Colosseum
- Nepali: कोलोजियम
- Nepali: कोलोसियम
- Newari: कोलोजियम
- Norwegian: Colosseum
- Norwegian Bokmål: Colosseum
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Colosseum
- Occitan (post 1500): Colisèu
- Oriya: କଲୋସିୟମ
- Oriya: କୋଲୋଜିୟମ୍
- Oriya: କୋଲୋସିୟମ
- Panjabi: ਕਲੋਸੀਅਮ
- Panjabi: ਕੋਲੋਸੀਅਮ
- Persian: کولوسئوم
- Piemontese: Colossé
- Polish: Koloseum
- Polish: amfiteatr Flawiuszów
- Portuguese: Coliseu
- Portuguese: Coliseu de Roma
- Quechua: Colosseum
- Romanian: Colosseum
- Russian: Колизей
- Rusyn: Колосей
- Samogitian: Kolėzėjos
- Saterfriesisch: Kolosseum
- Scots: Colosseum
- Serbian: Колосеум
- Serbo-Croatian: Koloseum
- Sicilian: Culusseu
- Slovak: Koloseum
- Slovenian: Kolosej
- South Azerbaijani: کولوسئوم
- Spanish: Coliseo
- Spanish: coliseo romano
- Sundanese: Koloseum
- Swahili: Amphitheatrum Flavium
- Swahili: Coliseum
- Swahili: Flavian Amphitheater
- Swahili: Flavian Amphitheatre
- Swahili: Flavius amphitheatre
- Swahili: Koloseo
- Swahili: Roman Coliseum
- Swahili: Roman Colosseum
- Swedish: Colosseum
- Swiss German: Colosseum
- Tagalog: Koliseo
- Tamil: கொலோசியம், ரோம்
- Tamil: கொலோசியம்
- Tatar: Колизей
- Telugu: కొలోస్సియం
- Thai: โคลอสเซียม
- Tosk Albanian: Colosseum
- Turkish: Kolezyum
- Twi: Colosseo
- Uighur: رىم گىلادىئاتورلار مەيدانى
- Ukrainian: Колізей
- Urdu: کولوزیئم
- Uzbek: Kolizey
- Veps: Kolizei
- Vietnamese: Colisée
- Vietnamese: Colosseo
- Vietnamese: Colosseum
- Vietnamese: Đấu trường La Mã
- Waray (Philippines): Coliseo
- Welsh: Colosseum
- Western Armenian: Քոլիզէում
- Western Frisian: Kolosseum
- Western Panjabi: کولوزیئم
- Wu Chinese: 罗马斗兽场
- Yiddish: קאלאסעום
- Yue Chinese: 鬥獸場
- Zeeuws: Colosseum
- Colise
- Kolezyûm
Other Places Named Colosseum
Localities in the Area
- CampitelliLocality
- CelioLocality
- MontiLocality
- PignaLocality
- Centro StoricoLocality
Places in the Area
- No.9 Al ColosseoHotel, 160 metres southeast
- Na 9 ColosseoHotel, 160 metres southeast
- Fori Imperiali ApartmentsHotel, 160 metres northwest
- Imperial Rooms Guest HouseHotel, 180 metres east
- Bandb Second FloorHotel, 190 metres east
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