Able to hold an estimated number of spectators between 50 000 and 87 000 units, it is the most important Roman amphitheater, as well as the most imposing monument of ancient Rome that has come down to us. '' UNESCO, together with the entire historic center of Rome, the extraterritorial areas of the Holy See in Italy and the Basilica of San Paolo fuori le mura, in 2007 the complex, the only European monument, was also included among the New Seven Wonders of the World , following a competition organized by New Open World Corporation (NOWC).