Did you know that the iconic Colosseum (sometimes spelled Coliseum) in Rome is now officially one of the ‘new’ Seven Wonders of the World’?  The campaign for ‘new’ wonders was the brainchild of a Swiss businessman called Bernard Weber.  He wanted people to vote for the wonders…“So everybody can decide what the new seven wonders should be and not some government, not some individuals, not some institutions.” The Seven are not ranked and they were voted for by over 100 million people!  Here’s why the Colosseum is so popular.  It’s an elliptical (almost oval) shaped Amphitheater which was built sometime…

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