It’s amazing that Italian politicians don’t realize that the main reason tourists go to Italy is it’s culture and famous sites.
They should be spending millions on improving their main tourist attractions. I’m sure the tourists would be willing to spend even more for tickets and tours.
Family is headed to Rome this summer, other than the Vatican and Forum I don’t plan on looking much further.
Even the Vatican is becoming hard pressed to maintain the old churches. Not enough locals living in the central part of Rome to attend Mass there, thus no tithing to help with maintenance. Tourist dollars are not enough.
I always thought it would be a good way to maintain old buildings by repairing them and putting them to use. I haven’t been to Rome personally, but it looks to me like the Coliseum could be fixed up and put use. The other option to photograph and video tape the findings and then rebury them.