{"id":475330,"date":"2022-04-02T02:21:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T02:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=475330"},"modified":"2022-04-02T02:21:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T02:21:26","slug":"the-floor-of-romes-colosseum-is-to-be-restored-to-its-former-glory-giving-visitors-a-gladiators-eye-view-of-the-ancient-amphitheatres-majesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=475330","title":{"rendered":"The floor of Rome&#8217;s Colosseum is to be restored to its former glory, giving visitors a gladiator&#8217;s eye view of the ancient amphitheatre&#8217;s &#8216;majesty&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The floor of Rome&#8217;s Colosseum is to be restored to its former glory, giving visitors a gladiator&#8217;s eye view of the ancient amphitheatre&#8217;s &#8216;majesty&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7226\/6999258388_f934b8de67.jpg\" style=\"max-width:420px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini yesterday announced a \u00a316million contract to restore the arena floor that will enable people to stand where the legendary fighters once battled wild animals and each other to the death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Engineering firm Milan Ingegneria has won the bid to build and  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-go-dong-que-dep-nhat-tranh-go-phong-canh\/\">C\u00e1ch trang tr\u00ed tranh g\u1ed7 ph\u00f2ng kh\u00e1ch. Kinh nghi\u1ec7m mua tranh g\u1ed7<\/a> install a retractable wooden arena floor, with the project set to be completed in two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div>\n<div \/>\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news\" id=\"v-5313574408102235444\"> <video controls=\"\" class=\"video-js vjs-default-skin\">  <\/video> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-slidey news\" style=\"height:382px;overflow:hidden;border:1px solid #000\">\n<div class=\"mol-slidey-img mol-slidey-img-left\"> <img width=\"636\" height=\"382\" alt=\"The original floor had been replaced in the 1800s when it was removed for an archaeological dig to take place\" class=\"img-no-border\" \/> <\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-slidey-img mol-slidey-img-right\"> <img width=\"636\" height=\"382\" alt=\"An artist's impression of what the finished floor of Rome's Colosseum will look like in two years' time\" class=\"img-no-border\" \/> <\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-slidey-divider\">\n<div class=\"mol-slidey-handler wocc\"> <span class=\"mol-slidey-leftarrow\">\u2039<\/span> <span class=\"mol-slidey-tip\">Slide me<\/span> <span class=\"mol-slidey-righttarrow\">\u203a<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Before and after images show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/search\/site\/Rome%27s%20Colosseum\">Rome&#8217;s Colosseum<\/a> now and what it will look like when\u00a0restored to its former glory<\/p>\n<p> <b><u>&lt;script defer=&quot;defer&quot; website<\/u><\/b> <\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-f6c02b17c7d7a344\" height=\"456\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The project &#8211; due for completion in 2023 &#8211; is reversible, meaning it can be removed if plans for the Colosseum change in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Franceschini said: \u2018In 2023, we will have the splendour of the Colosseum with its arena again.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The new floor will consist of wooden slats fixed into a network of rails.The slats rotate 90 degrees, allowing them to be bunched up to reveal the bottom of the ancient structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The mobile system will be able to quickly cover or uncover the underground structures below, to both protect them from rain or allow them to be aired out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Colosseum &#8211; which was famously depicted in the 2000 film Gladiator starring Russell Crowe &#8211; was reopened to visitors last Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The iconic structure was constructed during the reign of emperor Vespasian in AD 72 and completed under the rule of his successor, Titus, in AD 80.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-69edd7c157a408f8\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The new floor will consist of wooden slats fixed into a network of rails. The slats rotate 90 degrees, allowing them to be bunched up to reveal the bottom of the ancient structure\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The new floor will consist of wooden slats fixed into a network of rails.The slats rotate 90 degrees, allowing them to be bunched up to reveal the bottom of the ancient structure<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-1836d5acc16b352b\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Restoring the old floor is another\u00a0step forward towards the reconstruction of the arena, according to Italy's\u00a0Ministry of Culture\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Restoring the old floor is another\u00a0step forward towards the reconstruction of the arena, according to Italy&#8217;s\u00a0Ministry of Culture<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-c6edd477bf8bb204\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Artist's impression shows how the system of slats will allow visitors to walk around the\u00a0Colosseum\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Artist&#8217;s impression shows how the system of slats will allow visitors to walk around the\u00a0Colosseum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-ebedd61a2e33270c\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Birds-eye-view of the centre of the\u00a0Colosseum and the proposed system.\u00a0The original stage existed until the 1800s\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Birds-eye-view of the centre of the\u00a0Colosseum and  <a href=\"http:\/\/hackfabmake.space\/index.php\/How_To_Calculate_The_Cost_Of_Painting_A_Staircase\">C\u00e1ch trang tr\u00ed tranh g\u1ed7 ph\u00f2ng kh\u00e1ch. Kinh nghi\u1ec7m mua tranh g\u1ed7<\/a> the proposed system.\u00a0The original stage existed until the 1800s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The original stage existed until the 1800s when it was removed for  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-go-dong-que-dep-nhat-tranh-go-phong-canh\/\">M\u1eabu tranh g\u1ed7 treo ph\u00f2ng kh\u00e1ch<\/a> archaeological digs on the subterranean levels of the ancient structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The amphitheatre once had a sand-covered wooden floor on top of a network of tunnels and fighters&#8217; waiting rooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The floor was removed in the 19th century so architects could excavate the levels below it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\" style=\"height: auto\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-5fa08137b02f0cfd\" height=\"478\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Aerial view of the\u00a0Colosseum including the semi-circular viewing platform that looks out over its historic foundations\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Aerial view of the\u00a0Colosseum including the semi-circular viewing platform that looks out over its historic foundations\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-5b7282dea35b634b\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The restoration project involves 'innovative construction techniques, use of appropriate materials and refined analysis methodologies'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The restoration project involves &#8216;innovative construction techniques,  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-go-dong-que-dep-nhat-tranh-go-phong-canh\/\">C\u00e1ch trang tr\u00ed tranh g\u1ed7 ph\u00f2ng kh\u00e1ch. Kinh nghi\u1ec7m mua tranh g\u1ed7<\/a> use of appropriate materials and refined analysis methodologies&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-aa57af35f5a822b0\" height=\"381\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Rome's historic Colosseum is to have its floor replaced in a project set to cost at least \u00a316million\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Rome&#8217;s historic Colosseum is to have its floor replaced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/project\">project<\/a> set to cost at least \u00a316million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-169da1cd05cfd37d\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Russell Crowe is pictured in the role of Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 film Gladiator. An almost-complete replica of the\u00a0Colosseum was built in Malta for the film\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Russell Crowe is pictured in the role of Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 film Gladiator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The floor of Rome&#8217;s Colosseum is to be restored to its former glory, giving visi\u2026","protected":false},"author":7787,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19003],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7787"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=475330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475331,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475330\/revisions\/475331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=475330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=475330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=475330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}