Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Colosseum is showing its wrinkles. (:

Three big peices of plaster fell from the ceilings of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. Luckily it was after all the tourists had left by the time they fell. It is believed they fell because of all the recent rain and storms in Rome. A 23 million euro (29.2077 million U.S.) cleaning and restoring project will take place over the next weeks. Sadly, the Colosseum isn't the only ancient monument in Rome that is crumbling, the Domus Aurea caved in and ruined its interior. These attractions bring in a lot of tourists, like 3 million visitors in a year! Lets hope another incident like this won't occur in the near or late future.

3 comments:

  1. If they fell than must have been some really hard rain storms.
    Really good.
    -Madison

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  2. what if someone was there who do u sue? julius cesar? ive always wanted to visit the coliseum so i hope the keep it open

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  3. Hahahah! I know! I would sue him if it fell on me. (:

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