|
| Italy probes report that Colosseum stones fall |
|
|
Experts check on the Rome's Colosseum after reports that bits of rock have fallen from its hulk in the last days, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Witnesses reported seeing the fallen masonry Sunday. Italian news agency ANSA reported another bit fell Tuesday, but Colosseum director Rossella Rea denied it and blamed the false report on a "psychosis" that occurs every so often that Rome's iconic stadium is crumbling. A euro25 million ($33 million) restoration, paid for by Diego Della Valle, founder of shoemaker Tod's, is set to begin in March. AP Photo/Mauro Scrobogna,Lapresse.
|
|
|
ROME (AP).-— Italy's culture ministry said Wednesday that it is investigating reports that bits of rock have fallen from the Colosseum.
Witnesses reported seeing the fallen masonry Sunday. Italian news agency ANSA reported another bit fell Tuesday, but Colosseum director Rossella Rea denied it and blamed the false report on a "psychosis" that occurs every so often that Rome's iconic stadium is crumbling.
Italian environmental group Legambiente has frequently raised the alarm about the precarious state of the Colosseum, charging that auto exhaust fumes and vibrations from vehicles and a nearby subway are damaging the Colosseum's travertine exterior and brick and tufa interior.
A euro25 million ($33 million) restoration, paid for by Diego Della Valle, founder of shoemaker Tod's, is set to begin in March.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
|
Today's News
December 30, 2011
Titanic artifacts, more than 5,000 estimated at $189 million, headed to auction at Guernsey's
Museo de Arte de Ponce announces "Treasures of the Collection in Context: The Pre-Raphaelites"
Stanford University Silicon Valley Archives offer window into Apple origins
IWM launches new app with ArtFinder: Great British posters from the second World War
Comprehensive tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: Virtual tour now available for the iPad
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says work on 9/11 museum has stalled
The complete letters: Filmed correspondence on view at the CCCB in Barcelona
LA Art Show: Modern & Contemporary features new works by Damien Hirst and David Bailey among others
God(s): A User's Guide an opportunity to discover and reflect on religious practices
New exhibition features microscopes from the Golub Collection, University of California, Berkeley
Tonya A. Cameron to auction Asian art, antiques and historical ephemera from estate of Boston theater critic
Composed: Identity, Politics, Sex - New installation of works by seven contemporary artists
Gaëtane Verna appointed Director of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
Art Stage 2012: Chen Wenling in Singapore with Red Memory and China Scene
Italy probes report that Colosseum stones fall
Beat by the Bay: San Francisco artists & galleries of the fifties at Ever Gold Gallery
Toilet paper goes chic with designer covers
Scholars want help identifying slaves' origins
Coal country has tourism potential in West Virginia
|
Most Popular Last Seven Days
1.- Mexican archaeologists study cave paintings found in the northeast part of Argentina
2.- Exhibition of nude photography around 1900 on view at Berlin's Photography Museum
3.- Top of the bill: Giant rubber duck by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman sails into Hong Kong
4.- Researchers say first permanent English settlers in America resorted to cannibalism
5.- Russia's great museums feud over revival plan of Moscow museum of Western art
6.- Dartmouth's Hood Museum appoints first African Art Curator
7.- Survey exhibition of American artist Ellen Gallagher's work opens at Tate Modern
8.- Exhibition of nude photography around 1900 on view at Berlin's Photography Museum
9.- Paris Photo Los Angeles concludes a successful first edition with over 13,500 visitors
10.- Excavation unearths evidence of Thessaloniki's urban life between 4th and 9th centuries AD
|
|
 |
Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week,  . |
|
|
Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:
|
|
|
