The Colosseum is 1,935 years old and it is still the largest amphitheatre ever built. The outer wall originally rose 48 metres, the height of a modern 16-storey building, and the arena floor covered 3,357 square metres. It held 50,000 spectators who entered through 80 numbered arches. The building was completed in 80 AD under […]
Categories: Cities, Italy, Rome, Sights, Sights, Virtual Travel
The Rappenlochschlucht and Alploch Gorges near Dornbirn in Vorarlberg, Austria, form one of Central Europe’s most spectacular gorge systems, a dramatic sequence of narrow canyon passages, thundering waterfalls, and towering limestone walls carved by glacial meltwater over millions of years. The Rappenlochschlucht in particular features one of the highest accessible gorge walls in the Eastern […]