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How big is the Colosseum?
48 m
The Colosseum measures 48 m. That's about 4 school buses lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 48 meters, or about 157 feet.
- It's about 28 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 4 school buses could line up across it.
- At a normal walking pace you'd cross it in about 34 seconds.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #231 by size.
Size comparison
How Colosseum stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Space Shuttle
56 m
Niagara Falls
51 m
Arc de Triomphe
50 m
Olympic pool
50 m
Colosseum
48 m
Rialto Bridge
48 m
glacier crevasse
45 m
water tower
40 m
pine tree
40 m
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
Standing beside it, an average person (1.7 m tall) would reach only about 3.54% of its height.
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