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If you’ve ever visited the Roman Colosseum and wished that you could stand on a retractable floor at the center of the action, where gladiators battled with apex predators, and embarrass your family by shouting “Are you not entertained?” like Russell Crowe in Gladiator, well, you just have to wait a few more years.
Italian authorities say they will build just such a retractable floor in the arena, which has been without one for more than 1,000 years. They have issued a request for bids for a project that will install a new floor so that visitors can experience the Colosseum from the viewpoint of those who fought to the death on its floor.
Proposals must be submitted by February 1. Work is expected to get underway next year and be completed by 2023. Italy will subsidize the project with a grant of €10 million (about $12 million).
“We want to give an idea of how it was and we are seeking proposals from around the world,” Alfonsina Russo, the director of the Colosseum, told The Times.
Once the new infrastructure is complete, concerts and theatrical productions will be hosted there.
Read more here. (ArtNet News)
Italian authorities say they will build just such a retractable floor in the arena, which has been without one for more than 1,000 years. They have issued a request for bids for a project that will install a new floor so that visitors can experience the Colosseum from the viewpoint of those who fought to the death on its floor.
Proposals must be submitted by February 1. Work is expected to get underway next year and be completed by 2023. Italy will subsidize the project with a grant of €10 million (about $12 million).
“We want to give an idea of how it was and we are seeking proposals from around the world,” Alfonsina Russo, the director of the Colosseum, told The Times.
Once the new infrastructure is complete, concerts and theatrical productions will be hosted there.
Read more here. (ArtNet News)
