Now I know, you know the building that is directly behind me
It's the Colosseum, one of the most recognized buildings in the
world, one of the most iconic buildings here in Rome, in Italy in
Europe, and one of the 7 wonders of the world. It's kind of a big
deal. So we are going to into it, walk around it and learn a bit
about it, and take some amazing photos.
Now all this you can see here was the backstage of the building
They couldn't organize anything without having a backstage. It
was all covered by wooden floor. On top of the wooden floor
they had 9 cm of white sand from the Sahara. Why that kind of
sand? Because that was the best absorbent for the blood. They
were actually refreshing the sand a few times a day, because
of how many fights they had during the day. The main element
was the surprise. Imagine this was the floor of the arena, they
had about 50 trap doors, they could pop up any animals or
gladiators any time from different corners of the place. Then
they were the main events, the gladiator fights. Who were these
guys? They were either prisoners of war, slaves or volunteers -
free man. For the first two catagories, for the prisoners and
slaves they had a special prize; after 7 years of contract was
freedom. For the volunteers, special prize was the fame, the
money and the women. Because the women used to go crazy
for these guys. They were the superstars at that time.
I know what you are thinking - you have a burning desire to
watch the movie Gladiator with Russell Crowe. I feel you.
Now I wanted to point out the building behind me, because I
want you to take a look at the marble. This is what all of the red
and the brick ruins used to look like. White marble like that.
Now what you see on the facade of the fountain at the moment
is what they put in the Renaissance fed by the Roman aquaduct
When you look at it the fountain is absolutely amazing, there is
no wasted water. It is all coming from the underground, it is all
natural, it is not wasted by any means whatsoever.
Trevi Fountain has a little know thing called tossing a coin. It is
a tradition here. The meaning behind it is, 1, if you toss 1 coin
you will return to Rome, 2, if you toss 2 coins means you are
going to find love and get married and 3, if you toss 3 coins
means you are going to get a divorce or marry an Italian.
One of the two. Okay, ready.
1, I'm coming back to Rome.
2, I'm getting married.
3, I'm getting married to an Italian. In Rome, possibly. Either
I hope that was the right choice. I don't know.
What you are about to see is the second oldest free standing
building anywhere in the world. This building is over 2300 years
old, and they still to this date do not understand how they built it
They know the dimentions of this building are perfect. It is
exactly the same, wide and it is long. We are here at the
Pantheon.
I am loving all the marble. It is so cool. Take a look.
So beautiful.
We stopped here, because behind you, fountain of four rivers,
beautiful fountain. If you look around you'll see gentlemen there
each represents a river. One is Danube river, the main river
that runs to Rome, there is also one that represents the Platte,
The Ganges and one that represents the Nile,
I didn't know this but between 20 to 30 thousand people visit
the Vatican museums or Vatican palace every day. It is the
most visited museum in the world. That's crazy, and now we are
going to see why. There is people everywhere.
Welcome to St Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican city. We are
going to take a look incide. But shh, we have to very quiet.