The Colosseum is an architectural wonder of the ancient world and universal symbol of Rome, built by the Romans the Flavians who built it. It can held up until 75.000 people, and it’s the most important monument of old Rome. In 1980 it was insert in the list of World Heritage and in 2007 it was insered in New Seven wonders of the world. It was built in 8 years from 72 BC to 80 BC and decorated in the later years. The lavish celebrations for its inauguration included games and combats that went on for 100 days, during which thousands of wild animals were killed.
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I want to die violently instead of fading out sentimentally
ON THE PLEASANT SHORE OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA, about half way between Marseilles and the Italian border, stands a large, proud, rose-colored hotel. Deferential palms cool its flushed façade, and before it stretches a short dazzling beach. Lately it has become a summer resort of notable and fashionable people; a decade ago it was almost deserted after its English clientele went north in April. Now, many bungalows cluster near it, but when this story begins only the cupolas of a dozen old villas rotted like water lilies among the massed pines between Gausse’s Hôtel des Étrangers and Cannes, five miles away.
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New friends can often have a better time together than old friends
ON THE PLEASANT SHORE OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA, about half way between Marseilles and the Italian border, stands a large, proud, rose-colored hotel. Deferential palms cool its flushed façade, and before it stretches a short dazzling beach. Lately it has become a summer resort of notable and fashionable people; a decade ago it was almost deserted after its English clientele went north in April. Now, many bungalows cluster near it, but when this story begins only the cupolas of a dozen old villas rotted like water lilies among the massed pines between Gausse’s Hôtel des Étrangers and Cannes, five miles away.
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