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News: Rome to let tourists see Colosseum Underground

5/27/10 − USA Today >

"Tourists will soon be able to visit the underground of the Colosseum, where gladiators once prepared for fights and lions and tigers were caged before entertaining a bloodthirsty public." View Article

News: Rome is stepping outside its ancient walls

5/23/10 − Deutsche Welle >

"Rome is stepping outside its ancient walls into art's future. The MAXXI, the country's first national museum dedicated to contemporary art, opens at the end of May. It was designed by star Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid." View Article

News: Female priest ordained in Italy by rebel Catholics

5/23/10 − guardian.co.uk >

"Female priest ordained in Italy by rebel Catholics" View Article

6/3/10 − Horse Drawn Carriages in Rome Blogspot >

"How the Horses Feel" View Article

11/25/10 − Bloomberg.com >

"Italian rules allowing candy makers to label their products as “pure chocolate” breach European Union law, the region’s highest court said." View Article

11/25/10 − Freep.com >

"A group of Detroit leaders journeyed to Turin, Italy, to see how a city so much like Detroit seems to be in so much better shape." View Article

12/01/10 − Life in Italy.com >

"Another two walls fell down in rain-soaked Pompeii Wednesday, the second and third collapses in two days and the fourth in less than a month." View Article

Italy in the News