{"id":2591,"date":"2013-05-21T11:25:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T15:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2015-06-16T14:18:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T18:18:09","slug":"educational-travel-photo-week-the-colosseum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/educational-travel-photo-week-the-colosseum","title":{"rendered":"Educational Travel Photo of the Week: The Colosseum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Visit the Colosseum with Explorica\" href=\"..\/..\/educational-tours\/rome-citta-eterna.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=Colosseum+5+21\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2595\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2595 aligncenter\" title=\"collosseum big\" src=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/collosseum-big.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/collosseum-big.png 600w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/collosseum-big-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/collosseum-big-528x330.png 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When in Rome, <a title=\"Visit the Colosseum with Explorica\" href=\"..\/..\/educational-tours\/rome-citta-eterna.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=Colosseum+5+21\" target=\"_blank\">visit the Colosseum<\/a>. It&#8217;s a no-brainer to stop at the iconic amphitheater when traveling across Italy, but the nearly 2,000 year old structure is anything but overrated. Considered one of the greatest Roman works of engineering, the stadium not only hosted gladiatorial fights but dramas and battle re-enactments as well. The amphitheater\u00a0also served as what is likely the oldest recycling project of all time. Throughout the millennia following the Colosseum&#8217;s heyday, the structure was\u00a0re-purposed\u00a0as a church, a medieval apartment complex, a burial ground, and even a castle. Now, of course, it mainly serves as a tourist destination and a backdrop for high profile concerts.<\/p>\n<h1>Want to learn more?<\/h1>\n<h1><a title=\"Colosseum in Rome\" href=\"..\/..\/educational-tours\/rome-citta-eterna.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=Colosseum+5+21\">Visit the\u00a0Colosseum\u00a0in Rome with Explorica.<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When in Rome, visit the Colosseum. It&#8217;s a no-brainer to stop at the iconic amphitheater when traveling across Italy, but the nearly 2,000 year old structure is anything but overrated. Considered one of the greatest Roman works of engineering, the stadium not only hosted gladiatorial fights but dramas and battle re-enactments as well. The amphitheater\u00a0also <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/educational-travel-photo-week-the-colosseum\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[333,334,273],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explorica-news","tag-colosseum","tag-roma-citta-eterna","tag-rome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5797,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions\/5797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}