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Source Image: PR203_01_01 of Colosseum

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Description

General view of the exterior of the Colosseum.

Monument
Colosseum 
Monument Type
Architecture 
Material(s)
Travertine (Visual identification)  
Date
ad 70 - ad 80 
Keywords
ClampGeneral View  
Collections
Colosseum, Rome  

Location

Original Location
Rome 

Evidence for working practices

1. Clamp socket

Process
Securing
Description
The pock-marked facade of the structure in its current state is a result of the removal of iron clamps which were originally used to hold the blocks of travertine together. In the post-Roman period these clamps were more valuable when melted down as raw materials than they were holding these blocks in place. Approximately 300 tonnes of metal, it has been estimated, was used in the construction of the Colosseum.

Notes

Unlike most of the major monuments in Rome including in this database the facing of the Colosseum consists almost entirely of travertine, not marble.

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