Now, pass under the walls of the monument is only allowed cyclists, ambulances or police to taxi drivers and bus drivers. Private vehicle road is closed to the Colosseum

The Colosseum at night, Rome
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authorities of Rome have limited traffic on the avenue, Via dei Fori Imperiali, leading from Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum. City Mayor Ignacio Marino hopes these measures to protect the Colosseum from automobile exhaust pollution and excessive vibration. From now on, pass under the walls of the monument is only allowed cyclists, ambulances or police, taxi drivers and bus drivers. Private cars and motorcycles will have to go around the Coliseum on the adjacent road. The new rules, according to the calculations of the authorities, will reduce traffic flow near the Colosseum by 90 percent. In the future, the mayor of Rome sees a zone near the Colosseum completely pedestrian. "This will be the most beautiful avenue in the world - says the mayor of the project site. - It all began, and Rome is reborn again. " The government also plans to spend in the area around the Colosseum archaeological site. Another challenge for the near future - the development of the subway network in the area, to the greatest possible number of people get on the metro to the Coliseum, and not by road.

A restoration of the Colosseum is still so and began, though the necessary pay 25 million euros has long been isolated shoe magnate Diego Della Valle, head of Tod's . Against the restoration of the monument shoe king protested and trade unions, and the rival company, said in court that he had won a tender by dishonest means. Now the case has been for the last judgment on appeal by the competitor. Once the administrative court will issue a decision, work will finally be given the green light.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : ansa.it , artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru