世界之旅:競技場的夜景,羅馬,意大利

【英文原文】

Colosseum Nightscape, Rome, Italy, 1970
"Memory-haunted arena of the ancients, Rome's 1,900-year-old Colosseum saw bloody gladiatorial duels, battles with wild beasts, and mock naval engagements on its flooded floor. Christians banned the spectacles, and in later centuries presented church dramas here. Time, earthquakes, and stone scavengers took their toll. Still, the treasured monument survived and again serves Rome—as a traffic circle. Cars at evening rush hour create streaks of light in this time exposure, which also captures horse-drawn carriages waiting at curbside for tourists."

—From "When in Rome," June 1970, National Geographic magazine

【中文翻譯】

有1900年曆史的羅馬圓形競技場是古羅馬人魂牽夢縈的鬥技場，它見證了血淋淋的角鬥士決鬥和鬥獸，並且在它洪水氾濫的地面上模擬海上戰爭。基督教徒們禁止這些表演場面，而在隨後的幾個世紀在這裏上演教堂禮拜劇。時間，地震和泥石流都帶來了損失。儘管如此，這座寶貴的遺蹟倖存了下來並作爲一個交通圓環再次爲羅馬服務。圖片是在夜晚交通高峯期，車輛照射出的燈光條紋的定時曝光，同時抓拍了在路邊等待遊客的馬車。

——摘自1970年《國家地理雜誌》6月號《人在羅馬》
作者： Winfield I. Parks, Jr 來源： 《國家地理》雜誌