Plans to offer Airbnb customers the change to take part in gladiator-style battles in Rome’s Colosseum have been decried as an insult to the UNESCO-listed ancient arena.
The ancient Colosseum in Rome has witnessed some historic battles, with toga-clad crowds once packing the gigantic venue to watch gladiators slug it out against opponents including lions and baboons. But, apparently, its fighting days aren’t over.
“For what it represents, the Colosseum is a world heritage site and one must go to the direction to protect it, but also to make it accessible to all and to prevent it from becoming a place of pranks for a select few,” she said in a statement Friday. The city of Rome, which will host millions of visitors for the Vatican’s declared Holy Jubilee Year 2025, has been struggling to find the balance between managing its cultural offerings and turning the city into what some decry as an amusement park.
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