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What places of interest are there in Italy?
Places of interest in Italy include St. Kyle's Square, Colosseum, Pantheon, Cathedral of Our Lady of Flowers, Leaning Tower of Pisa, etc.

St. Kyle Square 1

Piazza San Kyle, officially translated as Piazza San Mar, also known as Venice Central Square, has always been the public activity center of Venice's politics, religion and traditional festivals.

St. Kyle Square is a rectangular square surrounded by the Duke's Mansion, St. Kyle's Cathedral, St. Kyle's Bell Tower, the old and new administrative official residence buildings, the Napoleon wing building connecting the two buildings, the quadrangular bell tower of St. Kyle's Cathedral and St. Kyle's Library, and the Venice Grand Canal. It is about170m long, 80m wide in the east and 55m wide in the west. The buildings around the square are from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

St. Kyle Square was first built in the 9th century as a Little Square in front of St. Kyle's Cathedral. Ma is the author of the Gospel of Kyle in the Bible, and Venetians regard him as the patron saint. According to legend, in 828, two Venetian businessmen smuggled St. Kyle's body from Alexandria to Venice. In the same year, they built a church for St. Kyle. There is a tomb of St. Kyle in the church, and the cathedral is named after St. Kyle, so the square in front of the cathedral is named "St. Kyle Square".

2. The Colosseum in Rome

Colosseum (Italian: Colosseo, English: Colosseum), formerly known as Flavium amphiaterum, has also been translated into Colosseum and Colosseum. It was a place where slave owners, nobles and freemen watched fighting animals or slaves fight during the Roman Empire.

Founded in 72-80, it is a symbol of ancient Roman civilization. The site is located in the center of Rome, the capital of Italy. It's in the south of Venice Square, near the ancient Roman market.

From the appearance, it is a right circle; Looking down at it, it is oval. Covering an area of about 20,000 square meters, the major axis is about 188 meters, the minor axis is about 156 meters, the perimeter is about 527 meters, and the wall is about 57 meters high. This huge building can accommodate nearly 90 thousand people.

Step 3 Pantheon

Pantheon, also translated as Pantheon and Panthion Temple, is the only well-preserved building in the Roman Empire. It was built by agrippa, the son-in-law of Octavian, the first emperor of the Roman Empire, in 27-25 BC to worship the gods on Mount Olympia. It can be described as a classic building in Augustus.

The fire in 80 AD destroyed most of the Pantheon, leaving only a rectangular colonnade with 16 granite pillars and a height of 12.5 meters. This part was used as the porch of the Pantheon and was later rebuilt. The top of the porch is engraved with the words commemorating the early construction period, and the original building scale of the Pantheon can still be seen from the eight huge pillars on the front of the porch.

4. Cathedral of Our Lady of Flowers

Notre Dame, also known as the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Florence. It is one of the five largest churches in the world. Florence means the capital of flowers in Italian.

The great poet Xu Zhimo translated it into "Fei Lengcui", which is far more poetic and colorful than another translation of "Florence" and more in line with the temperament of the ancient city. The church is located in the historical center of Florence, Italy. The church complex consists of cathedral, bell tower and Baptist church. 1982 is listed as a part of the historical center of Florence, a world cultural heritage.

5. Leaning Tower of Pisa?

The leaning tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa or Torre di Pisa, English: lean Tower of Pisa) was built in August 1 173, which is the independent bell tower of Pisa Cathedral in Italy, located in the Miracle Square in the north of Pisa in Tuscany, Italy.

A group of religious buildings are scattered on the lawn of Miracle Square. They are cathedral (built in1063-13rd century), baptist church (built in1153-14th century), bell tower (leaning tower of Pisa) and cemetery (built in 65438).

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