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The Colosseum
The Colosseum
MONDADORI PORTFOLIO/GETTY IMAGES

This image from the 1930s depicts workers using axes and drills to build via dell’Impero, the road that stretches straight through Rome from the Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum. This project finished in 1932, and the road was renamed via dei Fori Imperiali, which is still used by today.