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He then oversaw a ceremony at the 2, 000-year-old Colosseum recalling Christ's final journey with the cross.
We were standing in line at the Colosseum, that famous landmark of gladiatorial carnage.
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The X Factor, he says, is a "karaoke colosseum" which is actually an advert "for one record label".
Standing there, looking across the expanse of ruins toward the Colosseum, I felt myself shiver in the 90-degree heat.
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Other appointments in public will include the Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum on Good Friday night.
The time trial course ended in front of the Colosseum, having taken the riders past the Vatican and the Circus Maximus.
At the far end of the broken remains lies the Colosseum, the iconic, extraordinarily preserved stadium that once hosted gory entertainment for the Roman masses.
Rendering visits even more spookily evocative, the Colosseum is open till midnight on Saturdays from 21 August to the 23 October 2010.
Peter's Basilica Friday, and later will head to one of Rome's most famous landmarks, the Colosseum, to lead the Way of the Cross ceremony.
Twain made her debut in December at the Colosseum, home to fellow Canadian songstress Celine Dion, shortly after parading down the Las Vegas Strip on horseback.
Tens of thousands of people had turned out to demonstrate peacefully in the city, gathering under anti-austerity banners, close to the landmark ruins of the Colosseum.
The noise and dirt of the cars whizzing past might be a little unbecoming, but the Colosseum is not a building to be hidden away in a quiet corner.
People want to be part of the action, and are willing to pay for the experience, just as they are to walk the grounds of the Colosseum.
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Additionally, Lucas forecasts that within five years digital images of actors and background will be interactive, allowing a moviemaker to download a bit character or a Roman-era colosseum.
Suzuki, ranked 110th in the world, ousted the 43rd-ranked Gambill 6-4 3-6 6-3 under the closed roof - due to a typhoon - of the Ariake Colosseum's main court.
For his part, Roskam isn't concerned that publicizing the home movies especially the shot at the Colosseum, which featured his now-deceased grandmother as an innocent participant might further disparage Cobb's memory.
Looking ahead to 2004, titles like the Puzzle Collection, Pacman, Pokemon Colosseum and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords will take advantage of the ability to connect GameCubes to GameBoys.
Its final flourish before the end-station of Tirano is the viaduct at Brusio, which looks like two-thirds of a steeply banked colosseum as it delivers the train gently to the ground.
The 3D animations based on the simulation will eventually be made available to tourists to prepare them for their visit to the Colosseum, the Forum, or the imperial palaces on the Palatine.
From the Colosseum, cutting across the ancient racecourse Circus Maximus, it is a wonderful stroll up the Aventino, one of Rome's seven hills, home to a dreamily upmarket residential district with deep-green trees shading its orange-ochre buildings.
Most sights and museums will remain open throughout Easter weekend, however, including the Colosseum, Forum and Palatine (although the archaeological area will close on Good Friday at 2 pm to prepare for the Via Crucis).
Beginning at 8am my very knowledgeable guide, who was also completely fluent in the English language, whisked me away (on foot) as we proceeded to walk through the Forum, into the Colosseum and over to the Pantheon.
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By the time we get to the party, for which the Colosseum is bathed in blue light as a backdrop for wire-dancing acrobats dressed in Valentino red, the Felliniesque-ness of it all can bring tears to our eyes.
It could be a brush with history, as with the Colosseum, or face time with celebrities and thought leaders at a place like TED (or at the elegant private gatherings sponsored by many top-tier companies for their best clients).
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But she also added that the Colosseum has suffered in recent years from underfunding caused by government cuts and that the revenue from ticket sales only covers the yearly upkeep of the city's ancient sites, which include the nearby Forum and Palatine.
Unlike previous projects at Microsoft and the University of Washington, the team at UNC used a home PC (albeit one with four GPUs) to process millions of images pulled from the Internet and construct 3D models of such landmarks as the Colosseum and the Roman baths at Sagalassos (above).
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