Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Colosseum - Now A Sacred site


Colosseum - Now A Sacred site
Originally uploaded by Venkata.
Later on, stripped of its structures, it became in turn a quarry for building materials and finally the seat of hospitals, fraternities and craft guilds. It was only towards the middle of the 18th century, that Pope Benedict XIV had it decreed "sacred site", and the plunder and devastation was stopped. You can see on the lower right hand corner. Every day some mass are held there