colloseum

Colloseum is build actually for the figting of gladiators  from Rom. The place also as a teater.Tod's, the Italian luxury shoe group, which has designed many a gladiator sandal in its time, has announced a new project to fund the cost of the restoration of Rome's historic Colosseum, at a cost of €25 million. The project, which will be carried out in eight stages, has been finalised by the Italian ministry of Culture, and Mr Diego Della Valle, the president of Tod's Group, widely known as Italy's "shoe king".

The Colosseum is Italy's most famous tourist attraction, the largest amphitheatre ever built in the Roman Empire and is considered one of its greatest works of engineering and architecture. Construction began in 72AD and was completed in 80AD.

It could seat 50,000 spectators and was used for gladiatorial contests, mock sea-battles, executions, animal hunts, and dramas based on classical mythology.

Although it remains partially ruined because of repeated damage from devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, it is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome at its height, and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church. On Good Friday, the pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession that starts in the area around the Colosseum. There is now a museum dedicated to Eros on the site, and last summer, a network of subterranean passageways, once used to transport wild animals and gladiators to the area, was opened to the public.

Although the Colosseum may be most easily recognisable to many through Ridley Scott's film swords-and-sandals blockbuster, 'Gladiator', starring Russell Crowe (its glory was re-created by computer-generated imagery), the amphitheatre has played multiple roles in popular culture. Rock band Nickelback filmed its 2009 music video 'Gotta Be Somebody' there, and a 2004 America's Next Top Model episode was shot there. The Colosseum has also featured in films as diverse as 'Roman Holiday' (1953), 'Way of the Dragon' (1972), and 'Jumper' (2004), as well as in the video game, 'Mario Kart: Double Dash! ' and last year's Ubisoft game, 'Assassin's Creed Brotherhood'.

The Colosseum is also depicted on the Italian version of the five-cent euro coin. I Hope one day I can go there.