The Colosseum, Rome - Multipage image (Large Print)
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- Synopsis
- This is a set of images of the Colosseum amphitheatre in Rome, Italy; it comprises a page of keys, a plan, and a cross section. It is a multipage image set on three pages. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. Rome: keys for plan and cross section - These keys show the features and the abbreviations used on the plan and cross section pages. The top of the page refers to the plan and the features of the cross section are on the bottom of the page.Colosseum, Rome - plan of upper and ground floor: This page shows a plan view of the Colosseum (seen from above) with a scale shown in the top left. The structure is four stories high and oval shaped. It slopes down from the full height of the supporting piers at its circumference to the arena floor at ground level, in the centre of the page. Tiers of seating surround the arena. The gaps between the seating represent the entrances to the internal stairs leading down to ground-level access. The bottom left quarter of the plan has been cut away to show the internal supporting walls of the building. There are many underground passages and rooms beneath the building; these have not been shown. They housed people and animals taking part in the staged events as well as props, scenery and special effects. There was access from them to the arena floor through hidden trapdoors.Colosseum, Rome - cross section of one side - This page shows a cut-away view of one side of the Colosseum. There are labels on the left of the page with leader lines pointing to the floors of the building on the right. At the bottom left of the page is the arena floor. To the right of this the ground floor can be found with the tiers of seating going diagonally up the page from it. Down the page from the seating is the cut-away view of the inside of the building, showing the supporting pillars and the stairs to the upper levels.
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- Date of Addition:
- 08/04/16
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- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture
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- This is a copyrighted book.