Architecture

The Spanish Steps connect Piazza di Spagna with the 16th-century church of Trinita dei Monti.

The Colossus of Nero’s author was a Greek sculptor, Zenodoros, who designed the sculpture and was re ...

At the beginning of the 20th century the names were painted over, but in 1987 they came back to life and we can admire them again.

This happens on the first Sunday of May and on September 29, when the celebrations of the cult of St. Michael the Archangel take place. Usually about 60 thousand pilgrims show up there.

It was connected with the Colosseum via underground corridors that were used to transport gladiators into the arena.

The remaining six are the Great Wall of China, the Colosseum, Machu Picchu, Chichén Itzá, Petra, and Christ the Redeemer.

The hour hands are made of bronze and are 2.7 meters long. The minute hands are made of copper and are 4.3 meters long.