Coliseum

The Coliseum is one of Rome’s biggest landmarks and was our goal for the day.  We hopped aboard Bus 64 and took off for the Coliseum but first our daily church stop.

Church Moment:  The Pope has declared 2016 it an “Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy ” Holy Year which has inspired Catholic pilgrims from around the world to visit Rome.  So we went to a pilgrimage church.

Santa Maria Maggiore is a pilgrimage church.  Church Moment:  The church celebrates, Holy Mary, the Mother of Christ.  The church displays an urn that is said to contain wooden fragments from Jesus’s manager.  The church also contains some of the world’s best preserved mosaics from early Christians.

We looked for a restaurant before visiting the Coliseum.  We found one and Debbie ordered Bucatini all’ Amatriciana – This Roman dish is made with guanciale (pork jowl), sweet tomatoes, onions, chile peppers, and Pecorino Romano cheese. – (Debbie did not know what she ordered until after it was served and she was half way through it.  Joyce just told her that it was a specialty of the region but not about the pork jowls.  For you doubters, Debbie finished it all).

The Coliseum or Collosseum was our next stop. History Moment:  The Coliseum  is an oval amphitheater in the center of Rome.   The Colosseum could hold between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators.  It was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles,  animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology.

Now according to legend, the Romans were able to have 50,000 people enter the Coliseum in 15 minutes.  This does not happen in today’s world.  It is totally confusing involving circling the Coliseum on foot in a hunt for the entrance, which then involves finding the right ticket line without losing your party.  (Debbie says if she was the ruler that she would make people with selfie sticks gladiators and let them battle it out with their sticks.)  You can see from the pictures that much of the floor is missing and can see down to the entrance to the arenas and cages.  We did make it inside but people in the party were grumpy for awhile.
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After the excitement of a 1000 selfie stick wielding tourists in the Coliseum, we needed the calmness of a church.  We visited another pilgrim’s church.  Church Moment: The Church of San Giovanni in Laterano is the cathedral church of Rome, Italy and therefore houses the cathedra, or ecclesiastical seat, of the Roman Pontiff (Pope).  After he is elected, the Pope must actually sit in this chair to become the Pope.   The Holy Stairs, are white marble steps encased in wooden ones.  According to Catholic Tradition, they form the staircase which Jesus climbed to be sentenced by Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem .  There were brought to Rome by Constantine’s mother, St. Helena.  The steps are in an adjoining building.

You can see from the number of pictures that Larry really liked the Coliseum.  It is history brought to life before your very eyes. (or selfie stick).  We traveled back home on the bus.  (We felt more like gladiators as we fought our way on to the bus.)  You can see Debbie and Larry had a big wash night ahead.