Volume 2, Chapter 34: The Colosseum

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​⁠Franz had so managed his route, that during the ride to the Colosseum they passed not a single ancient ruin, so that no preliminary impression interfered to mitigate the colossal proportions of the gigantic building they came to admire. The road selected was a continuation of the Via Sistina; then by cutting off the right angle of the street in which stands Santa Maria Maggiore and proceeding by t