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Originally Posted by mlermin
Joey - I was in Rome in Sept of 2010, so pretty close to when you were there.. I read an article after we were there about how the collesuem is in disrepair and the Italian govt doesn't have any $$ to maintain it, so they were looking for corporate sponsors.. kind of like they did for the Sistine chapel, the repair of the ceiling was funded by corporate sponsorship..
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-0...-facelift.html |
I recall my wife's cousins talking about that when we were there. You'd think with all the people paying to go in there, they could take a few dollars to replace the lights though.
Just a matter of time before they become commercialized, just like our cities here.
BTW, pics of Florence are cool. In that 2nd pic, I bought my son a little motorcycle right at that point on the left.
- Day Picture -
Sorry, reminiscing...please carry on.