roman architecture

Assignment 3 Web quest Roman Architecture


I never realized how into Roman architecture I was until I went to Italy and Rome two years ago. I have to recommend it to everyone because unless you see it personally pictures don’t do it justice.
I would have to say that the most amazing piece of architecture that I witnessed in person was the Colosseum, which was built in 80 AD. According to the Website http://harpy.uccs.edu/roman/html/colosseumslides.html the colosseum façade was a limestone, brick and concrete with marble facing. 3 orders superimposed (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian). The structure: barrel va...