Entertainment sights in Rome
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Terme di Caracalla
To the southwest, Rome’s most monumentally huge ruins, the Terme di Caracalla show that size certainly mattered to the Roman emperors. Covering 10 hectares, this ancient leisure centre complex could hold 1600 people and included richly decorated caldaria (hot rooms), a lukewarm tepidarium, a swimming pool, gymnasiums, libraries, shops and gardens. Between 6000 and 8000 people were thought to have used them every day. Underground, slaves sweated in 9.5km of tunnels, attending to the centre’s complex plumbing systems. Begun by Antonius Caracalla and inaugurated in 217, the baths were used until 537, when the Visigoths smashed their way into Rome. Excavations in the 16th a…
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Time Elevator
Just off Via del Corso, the Time Elevator cinema is ideal for armchair sightseers. There are three programs, but the one to see is Time Elevator Rome, a 45-minute trip through 3000 years of Roman history. Shows kick off every hour, and children and adults alike will love the panoramic screens, flight-simulator technology and surround-sound system. Note that children under five aren’t admitted and anyone who suffers from motion sickness should probably give it a miss.
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