Thursday Challenge—"old"

Here's something that's pretty ancient.
Construction was begun under
the emperor Vespasian in AD 72 and
completed eight years later
(under Titus).  So, 1,937 years old.  
I'd have to say it qualifies.

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Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

The Weekend in Black and White

On this day there were lots of visitors to
the Colosseum, in Rome, including
me.  I took this shot because it's fairly
unusual—as you might expect,
there really aren't a lot of windows here.

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visit Dragonstar's meme.]

Thursday Challenge—"road"

This road is in Rome and runs right
in front of the Colosseum.
It dates back a few millennia—at which 
time, btw, there were no cigarette 
butts here—and I'll be 
walking on it in a couple of weeks.


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Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

Thursday Challenge—"monochrome"

I'd love to go back in time to see what this
looked like when it was first built—but
I wouldn't want to witness the "games" that
were played there (or participate in them!).
How about you?

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Shadow Shot Sunday

Here's the Colosseum, in Rome.

Even 2,274 years later (!), can't you just

see the gladiators down here waiting to

face their fate?

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