Between two of Rome's seven hills - Aventine Hill and Palatine Hill (the latter can be seen in the background in the top picture - the ruins), you'll find our next stop; Circus Maximus, where the Romans raced horses and chariots. The stadium was built in the 6th century BC. It measured 621 m in length and was 118 m wide. Back in its day it could hold over 150 000 spectators, but today it's simply a park, and you can walk along the racetrack yourself.
The stadium is actually in both pictures. The bottom picture is what you see if you cross the road in the top picture (and you can actually see the other end of the stadium in the top picture, just below the trees in front of the ruins). It's another of those places that are larger in person. Standing by the edge of it, looking down at the people strolling along the track is really something.
/MrsHjort
I guess they had to race those "hoses" to clean up after the chariots (groan - ha). ;-)
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