The Colosseum is to go high-tech and
green in a new revamp and renovation project unveiled at the
weekend.
The floor of the ancient Flavian Amphitheatre will be made out
of wood fitted with "super technological and green" devices to
allow the underground parts of the iconic monument to be seen.
The new carbon fibre panels will also enable the underground
chambers, where gladiators and wild animals awaited their
ascension to the killing floor, to be properly ventilated for
the first time.
The renovation project will run until 2023.
"It is an ambitious project that will help better conserve and
safeguard the archaeological structures," said Culture Minister
Dario Franceschini.
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