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March 20, 2026

Rome's Colosseum gets a fresh look that recreates the footprints of long-gone columns

  • Restorers sourced the new slabs of travertine from the same quarries where the ancient Romans retrieved theirs.
    • By TRISHA THOMAS
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Andrew Medichini [enlarge]
    The arches are long gone, but now tourists to the Colosseum can sit on large travertine marble slabs where their columns once stood.

    ROME — The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate parts of columns from 2,000 years ago.


     
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