Sujet
Interior of the Coliseum at El Djem, near Tunis, 1874. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Interior of the Coliseum at El Djem, near Tunis, 1874. 'When Northern Africa was a province of Imperial Rome, the vast Flavian amphitheatre [at Rome] was copied at Thysdrus, a city of Byzacium..."...the Arabs have been pulling it down and carrying it away piece by piece; in fact, all the village of El Djem, which has a population of 1000, is built with these materials. There being no stone whatever near El Djem, the Romans must have brought the stone for the Coliseum at least forty miles...[The] feature of this Coliseum, which excels all others, is in its exterior and circular façades. These, which constitute the chief characteristic beauty of such an edifice, are almost in a perfect state of preservation. There is one satisfaction here which is not found in examining other famous remains of antiquity at the present day. In wandering through the building one can look at its walls and stroll through the lofty galleries, thinking of the past, without being rudely recalled to the present by seeing the name of Jones, Brown, or Robinson, or some other English or American name staring one in the face. Indeed, I might include names of all the other European nations, as this mean and silly practice is not confined to the vulgar of our own country".' From "Illustrated London News", 1874.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A32_496
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Droits gérés
Format disponible
11,9Mo (1,2Mo) / 15,0cm x 19,9cm / 1769 x 2354 (300dpi)