A view looking upwards to the top of one of the twin belltowers of the main cathedral, the Duomo, in Orvieto. The extreme perspective foreshortens the tower.
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![A stone tablet on display underneath the Colisseum in Rome. The inscription recalls the repairs made at his own expense by Decius Marius Venantius Basilius to the structure of the Coliseum after an earthquake. Probably dating back to 484 or 508. The inscription contains the text: DECIVS MARIVS VENANTIVS BASILIVS V[IR] C[LARISSIMVS] ET INL[VSTRIS] PRAEF[ECTVS] VRB[I] PATRICIVS CONSVL ORDINARIVS ARENAM ET PODIVM QVAE ABOMI NANDI TERRAEMO TVS RVINA PROS TRAVIT SVMTV PRO PRIO RESTITVIT](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Travel-Italy/i-qFp4hC8/0/669929e6/Ti/5D_15980_smugmug-Ti.jpg)
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