I like how you call the Colosseum a monument, not a building. I’ve been an ancient Roman history fan for a long time. My wife and I were there last year, and are hoping to return next year. I would so love to have a coffee with you and chat. Take care and keep up the good work.
Many thanks... Yes, of course it's a building... guess it's so iconic (and nothing is happening, like in the old days), that I guess I let that term slip into my vocabulary!
Thank you for this update. I really appreciate learning of what is happening in Rome with its monumnts. I am so glad that they are progressively protecting the monument from the visitors. As recent as the 1950s, weed and trees used to grown inside the Colossium, and the government would simply spray them with weed killer!! That is all the would do to "protect" the structure from plants and their roots
Preservation of the monuments are the first priority. Most visitors do not care what damage is done, they are only interested in them being able to see it, today. Therefore, like with so many other historical sites, precautions must be put in place to protect what matters, the archeology itself.
I’m surprised fencing took this long. I’m a life long fan and student of Ancient Rome and was lucky enough to visit in 2018. I hear much has changed in those few short years and you even need to buy tickets to enter the forum now . Tourism is indeed a double edged sword
I didn't really mention it - but there has been a taller, uglier temporary fence around the site for the past 5 years or so... this is end of that temporary situation to reveal this new, low fence - not done on the side where there is the ongoing excavation, though...
I love your channel Darius, you can really feel your passion about ancient roman history and archeology, thank you for all your effort and information 🙌🏽
Again enjoyable and informative. Yes preservation of Archaeological sites and monuments is of prime importance. Darius, I am so glad we have your good self showing us things we would possibly never see, access restricted or no. Thank you!
Fulfilled a 44yr dream was in Rome October 2023. Glad I was able to walk next to the 5 standing stones. Next to Flavian Amphitheater and was able to get great pictures.
Hi Darius, I am so glad that I found your channel as I am trying to travel to Rome like at least one time a year. My first visit was in the eighties and it is always breathtaking to be back, next time already this month. Thanks for the latest news on the discoveries which are now open to the public and I hope I‘ll be ❤able to see more of the roman underground wonders some day like underneath St Prisca on Aventino or M Maggiore, so far closed to the public. Do you know when the Casa di Livia on Palatino will reopen to the public? I‘d love to return to see this magnificent place with its fine frescoes! I am an addict to ancient roman history I have to admit…
IN answer on the preserving measures. I think it is well done, as we see from your insights given. Of course I can imagine people want to touch things for themselves, but for this important structure preservation that last, to me counts more, than personal favor of experience it's feel. So we can dwell ourselves close by, and feel at ease with how it all is preserved for a World to see. I think it is well done, nicely done, and close enough. Thank you sir. Awesome video!
I don't see the low railing fence around the coliseum being a problem. However I don't think the white stone in the space of the collapsed outer ring is the best. I'd like to see the floor reconstructed as it is where it remains with the bottom 2 - 3 feet of the columns or other supports. Though I can't see a rendering of their plans, so it seems they are otherwise just covering it up. So I think it would be more served to recreate that area. It could have a greater functionality in the future this way. Maybe it is a matter of funds but perhaps someday.
Sensational video Darius. While it is slightly disappointing that there is now a fence there, I think the preservation of the Colosseum is far more important for a host of reasons. Besides, you can buy a ticket and enter the Colosseum and make contact with the structure. I would say that people that are willing to pay to go in will likely be more respectful of the building and less likely to cause damage.
I am torn personally. .I have the fenceless experience burned into my memory! But a temporary fence has been up for years. This is the culmination . At least it is small and low... Could have been worse!
@@DariusArya yes, that is understandable. There is nothing quite like touching and feeling history. Much better than looking at it from a distance. It almost becomes a museum piece now, at least from the outside. Many a photo have been taken with people standing right up against it, which cannot be done now. You're right, I'm torn too.
I live in Rome. When I was kid, a lot of the monuments were completely free for access and tourism was just a fraction of what it is now. If you want a glimpse of what was roaming across the ruins, the next time give a chance to Ostia Antica archelogical site. It's huge and, after paying the entrance ticket, you are free to roam in this incredible site and, believe me, it will take you several hours to see it properly with a guide book in your hands.
Thank you Darius planning my 17th trip. Will wait for the access re Agrippa and the Comitium. Have been in the Curia I wonder if they have changed it, The Colosseum fencing is necessary sadly due to the volume of visitors
Would it not be amazing if they were to fully restore a small section of the coliseum. So visitors can see what would have looked like. Like most places, people in the past pulled the marble off for other uses like in churches. You can see all the mounting holes on the outside of buildings like this.
It's disappointing that they're not fully reconstructing the spaces. It's not enough to put up a few measly columns. One doesn't have any sense of scale.
I hate limited access monuments. The impact of people isn't THAT big, especially on something like the Colosseum. And, at the end of the day, we're talking about slabs of stone, which could as well replaced if needed. I also hate that such monuments aren't being rebuilt. They want us to witness their misery, from a distance...
I used to walk up and touch the outside of the colosseum ... how unfortunate that they blocked off access ... I also heard that they now charge 5 euro to get into the Pantheon ... A place where I used to walk in and our of every day to get to my hotel room .... stronzati !!!
It’s like seeing the Mona Lisa under 5 inches of plexiglass, 10 feet away. You under the reason for the protection, but you lose the special feeling of being close to history…this is lost, and one might as well see a picture instead, or video clip. Sigh. Leslie
Yes, we all lose something with the fence... just like we all lose something with the long lines and ticket entry into Pantheon - and Venice for that matter... more and more the Disney-effect... but for this you have to look to Italy and its responses to mass tourism... (Don't blame Disney!)
Italians are already assuming that their archaeological relics are attractions like those in theme parks, and they are treating them that way. I wouldn't be surprised if those coliseum railings were a requirement from the insurance company or something similar, rather than a simple impulse to take care of the building.
As much as it is useful, the via fori d’imperiali is a blemish on the city and must be removed. Not even because it was built in the fascist period but simply for the reason that it overlies and confuses the remains of the fora beneath it.
Thanks so much for the video! I visited Rome in March and wondered what these new excavations at Piazza Venezia are. At the end of our stay we took the elevator to the top of Piazza Venezia and it was well worth the price, the view of the Foro Romano and the whole city was magnificent. Having visited many sites across Rome it was super nice to spot them from above. It gave me a further unverstanding of the layout of Rome, I really recommend it!
Always great to get the latest archeological news from Rome! The restrictions of access to the monuments is always a mixed bag, but if we want future generations to experience these wonderful monuments it's a necessity I think.
Always amazing to watch the latest news about Rome, thank you. For me, they wouldn't have to build the fence (actually i was a little disappointed when I came to Rome some years ago the 2nd time after I have been there in 1985), but sadly, not everyone respects the remains as they deserve.
What a great content, as always. I have never been to Rome, but one day I will definitely visit it. My favourite sites are the Basillica Ulpia, the Mausuleum of Augustus, the Domus Tiberiana and of couse the Colluseum.
Thank you once again for doing all that you do, Darius. You really are doing a service to humanity by providing all of this valuable information and guidance to Roman history enthusiasts and tourists. I know that whenever I'm able to return to Rome I will be armed with the latest information and knowledge, managing my time in a much more efficient manner.
While it's easy to feel impatient and wish to see things complete, it's also exciting that the excavation of the Roman world has a not only a future, but is no danger of "drying up" within our tiny, insignificant lives here in the present. It's interesting how similar it is to be living in the now, slowly and carefully unearthing these Roman cities with the focus on the future nobody will live long enough to see ever complete as it was to the Romans themselves building it in the first place, with a focus on the future none of them would live long enough to ever see complete. When in Rome...
The fencing around the Colosseum was unavoidable, over-tourism and ignorant people put together a combination too detrimental for the monument. Really unfortunate for some of us that revere and respect the remains of the ancient world, but absolutely necessary to preserve them for future generations.
I agree, but it is also an indicative of the declining quality of the population that they cannot be trusted to not damage something of such historical value. A prime example of this is all the ghetto spray-painted graffiti everywhere in Europe now, even on Roman ruins.
I love ancient history. The problem these days is knowing what has been reconstructed (someone’s guess on how it maybe could have possibly looked), and what is original. Stone henge, for example, was a pile of rocks. To be clear I don’t have a problem with reconstructed ruins themselves, but passing them off as original for the sake of a dime bothers me.
I understand why they put that fence there, but i do not like it. Coming Rome is my lifetime dream, but probably i never come. Maybe Pompey or Herculaneum instead. If you go Rome, you must buy tickets after tickets, and still it's not sufficiently.
Rome is renovating itself completely...I have to say, as a Roman I am quite proud of all of the works that they have been doing, lots of investments in both public transport, archeology and urban projects are reshaping the whole city. 10 years from now Rome will look VERY different. Thank you for the video!
It's terrible that they are limiting more and more the approach to the Colosseum more and more. I'm no archaeologist, but this seems another way to make people pay for a ticket.
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Darius Arya, thank you for the beautiful presentation, next year 2025 I will return to Rome to check out the beauties you presented.
I like how you call the Colosseum a monument, not a building.
I’ve been an ancient Roman history fan for a long time.
My wife and I were there last year, and are hoping to return next year.
I would so love to have a coffee with you and chat.
Take care and keep up the good work.
Many thanks... Yes, of course it's a building... guess it's so iconic (and nothing is happening, like in the old days), that I guess I let that term slip into my vocabulary!
The best channel about ancient Rome, great projects, I hope there will continue to be more reconstruction projects.
THANK YOU- helps to be LOCAL
Your vids are so awesome. Such cultural treasures
Glad you like them!
I like the fencing. It is subtle, and it allows the Colosseum to breathe.
Thank you for this update. I really appreciate learning of what is happening in Rome with its monumnts. I am so glad that they are progressively protecting the monument from the visitors. As recent as the 1950s, weed and trees used to grown inside the Colossium, and the government would simply spray them with weed killer!! That is all the would do to "protect" the structure from plants and their roots
Preservation of the monuments are the first priority. Most visitors do not care what damage is done, they are only interested in them being able to see it, today. Therefore, like with so many other historical sites, precautions must be put in place to protect what matters, the archeology itself.
Yes, indeed it is the priority esp with the uptick in tourism!
Yes, true. It is our italian bloodline, why we care to preserve as priority. Thanks for your comment.
These ancient structures need to be protected otherwise they will be destroyed by the tourists that come to see them.
Yes it's true,Roma is the capital of world and must be protect for other generations
I love how you take us to these unknown places.
My pleasure!
I’m surprised fencing took this long. I’m a life long fan and student of Ancient Rome and was lucky enough to visit in 2018. I hear much has changed in those few short years and you even need to buy tickets to enter the forum now . Tourism is indeed a double edged sword
I didn't really mention it - but there has been a taller, uglier temporary fence around the site for the past 5 years or so... this is end of that temporary situation to reveal this new, low fence - not done on the side where there is the ongoing excavation, though...
Marvelous, thank you so much Darius!
Many thanks!
Thank you sir for your staggering knowledge on this subject. You are a refreshing breeze. 🌿
My pleasure!
I love your channel Darius, you can really feel your passion about ancient roman history and archeology, thank you for all your effort and information 🙌🏽
I appreciate it!
Great video. Many thanks. I think Titus would be thankful that a little better care was being taken with his family's arena.
Haha good point!
Again enjoyable and informative. Yes preservation of Archaeological sites and monuments is of prime importance. Darius, I am so glad we have your good self showing us things we would possibly never see, access restricted or no. Thank you!
Well said! Thanks for watching !
What an excellent video! I will come back to Rome see all these new things, thank you😊❤
Please do!
Fulfilled a 44yr dream was in Rome October 2023. Glad I was able to walk next to the 5 standing stones. Next to Flavian Amphitheater and was able to get great pictures.
The fence is the right idea. We can’t have people defacing and graffitiing
the monument like what happened in recent times.
Indeed!
Hi Darius,
I am so glad that I found your channel as I am trying to travel to Rome like at least one time a year. My first visit was in the eighties and it is always breathtaking to be back, next time already this month. Thanks for the latest news on the discoveries which are now open to the public and I hope I‘ll be ❤able to see more of the roman underground wonders some day like underneath St Prisca on Aventino or M Maggiore, so far closed to the public. Do you know when the Casa di Livia on Palatino will reopen to the public? I‘d love to return to see this magnificent place with its fine frescoes! I am an addict to ancient roman history I have to admit…
Thanks for sharing! Have a great visit! (Not sure on its reopening- but yes underground is always fun!)
Wow, wow, wow! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
IN answer on the preserving measures. I think it is well done, as we see from your insights given. Of course I can imagine people want to touch things for themselves, but for this important structure preservation that last, to me counts more, than personal favor of experience it's feel. So we can dwell ourselves close by, and feel at ease with how it all is preserved for a World to see. I think it is well done, nicely done, and close enough. Thank you sir. Awesome video!
I don't see the low railing fence around the coliseum being a problem. However I don't think the white stone in the space of the collapsed outer ring is the best. I'd like to see the floor reconstructed as it is where it remains with the bottom 2 - 3 feet of the columns or other supports. Though I can't see a rendering of their plans, so it seems they are otherwise just covering it up. So I think it would be more served to recreate that area. It could have a greater functionality in the future this way. Maybe it is a matter of funds but perhaps someday.
Stay tuned for the retractable floor/ it’s been an approved project
Sensational video Darius.
While it is slightly disappointing that there is now a fence there, I think the preservation of the Colosseum is far more important for a host of reasons. Besides, you can buy a ticket and enter the Colosseum and make contact with the structure. I would say that people that are willing to pay to go in will likely be more respectful of the building and less likely to cause damage.
I am torn personally. .I have the fenceless experience burned into my memory! But a temporary fence has been up for years. This is the culmination . At least it is small and low... Could have been worse!
@@DariusArya yes, that is understandable. There is nothing quite like touching and feeling history. Much better than looking at it from a distance. It almost becomes a museum piece now, at least from the outside. Many a photo have been taken with people standing right up against it, which cannot be done now. You're right, I'm torn too.
I live in Rome. When I was kid, a lot of the monuments were completely free for access and tourism was just a fraction of what it is now. If you want a glimpse of what was roaming across the ruins, the next time give a chance to Ostia Antica archelogical site. It's huge and, after paying the entrance ticket, you are free to roam in this incredible site and, believe me, it will take you several hours to see it properly with a guide book in your hands.
I wanted to make my first trip to Rome this year, but I don't know if I should wait until 2025, because a lot of things are under construction.
how about AFTER 2025 .. we are going to be swamped in 2025 with tourists!
Thank you Darius planning my 17th trip. Will wait for the access re Agrippa and the Comitium. Have been in the Curia I wonder if they have changed it, The Colosseum fencing is necessary sadly due to the volume of visitors
Sounds great! Curia is usually open with super ticket.
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Would it not be amazing if they were to fully restore a small section of the coliseum. So visitors can see what would have looked like. Like most places, people in the past pulled the marble off for other uses like in churches. You can see all the mounting holes on the outside of buildings like this.
Funds for conservation and preservation are quite scarce, I am glad that there a private sponsor who step in and help save our national heritage.
Lots of donors these days in Rome!
It's disappointing that they're not fully reconstructing the spaces. It's not enough to put up a few measly columns. One doesn't have any sense of scale.
I hate limited access monuments. The impact of people isn't THAT big, especially on something like the Colosseum.
And, at the end of the day, we're talking about slabs of stone, which could as well replaced if needed.
I also hate that such monuments aren't being rebuilt.
They want us to witness their misery, from a distance...
I used to walk up and touch the outside of the colosseum ... how unfortunate that they blocked off access ... I also heard that they now charge 5 euro to get into the Pantheon ... A place where I
used to walk in and our of every day to get to my hotel room .... stronzati !!!
Why don't they rebuild the whole monument rather than building a little bit more?
you can see Mussolini balcony.
You have to protect the monument, I have no problem with it.
thank you
Awesome info!
Thanks for watching!
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Why don’t they just rebuilt the whole thing it would be amazing for the whole imperial fora and Roman forum to be rebuilt
The fence is awful for the connection. the monument will be fine and has been fine with human contact for 2000 years. it is very sad
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It’s like seeing the Mona Lisa under 5 inches of plexiglass, 10 feet away. You under the reason for the protection, but you lose the special feeling of being close to history…this is lost, and one might as well see a picture instead, or video clip. Sigh. Leslie
Yes, we all lose something with the fence... just like we all lose something with the long lines and ticket entry into Pantheon - and Venice for that matter... more and more the Disney-effect... but for this you have to look to Italy and its responses to mass tourism... (Don't blame Disney!)
I don't mind it at all.
They put the fence in because of out of control American tourists. lol
ALL tourists!
Italians are already assuming that their archaeological relics are attractions like those in theme parks, and they are treating them that way. I wouldn't be surprised if those coliseum railings were a requirement from the insurance company or something similar, rather than a simple impulse to take care of the building.
Unfortunately you are right- feels more like a theme park these days... will they charge admission like they are doing in Venice???
As much as it is useful, the via fori d’imperiali is a blemish on the city and must be removed. Not even because it was built in the fascist period but simply for the reason that it overlies and confuses the remains of the fora beneath it.
It's getting a facelift. I'll share that project in the near future.
Unfortunately many of the barbarians being imported can't be trusted to care for such monuments.
Daryus, I live in Rome and I must say that your channel is a gold mine! Thank you so much gor your work!
Many thanks - see you around! 👋
Thanks so much for the video! I visited Rome in March and wondered what these new excavations at Piazza Venezia are. At the end of our stay we took the elevator to the top of Piazza Venezia and it was well worth the price, the view of the Foro Romano and the whole city was magnificent. Having visited many sites across Rome it was super nice to spot them from above. It gave me a further unverstanding of the layout of Rome, I really recommend it!
Yes it’s a great view!
Always great to get the latest archeological news from Rome! The restrictions of access to the monuments is always a mixed bag, but if we want future generations to experience these wonderful monuments it's a necessity I think.
Yes. Taking action is important esp. for the heritage preservation and access. Won't please everyone!
Always amazing to watch the latest news about Rome, thank you.
For me, they wouldn't have to build the fence (actually i was a little disappointed when I came to Rome some years ago the 2nd time after I have been there in 1985), but sadly, not everyone respects the remains as they deserve.
My pleasure- yes a lot going on here- and a lot more people! The fencing responds to that.
What a great content, as always.
I have never been to Rome, but one day I will definitely visit it.
My favourite sites are the Basillica Ulpia, the Mausuleum of Augustus, the Domus Tiberiana and of couse the Colluseum.
Thank you!
Great updates
Thanks 👍
great moves keep it up, still proud of u!
Excellent! So nice to see you doing well Darius. And you have not aged a day!
Hey! Mediterranean diet??
Thank you once again for doing all that you do, Darius. You really are doing a service to humanity by providing all of this valuable information and guidance to Roman history enthusiasts and tourists. I know that whenever I'm able to return to Rome I will be armed with the latest information and knowledge, managing my time in a much more efficient manner.
Wow, thank you
A video on Villa Adriana in Tivoli?
YES!
While it's easy to feel impatient and wish to see things complete, it's also exciting that the excavation of the Roman world has a not only a future, but is no danger of "drying up" within our tiny, insignificant lives here in the present.
It's interesting how similar it is to be living in the now, slowly and carefully unearthing these Roman cities with the focus on the future nobody will live long enough to see ever complete as it was to the Romans themselves building it in the first place, with a focus on the future none of them would live long enough to ever see complete.
When in Rome...
Any new about the Sette Sale museum project?
The fencing around the Colosseum was unavoidable, over-tourism and ignorant people put together a combination too detrimental for the monument. Really unfortunate for some of us that revere and respect the remains of the ancient world, but absolutely necessary to preserve them for future generations.
I agree, but it is also an indicative of the declining quality of the population that they cannot be trusted to not damage something of such historical value. A prime example of this is all the ghetto spray-painted graffiti everywhere in Europe now, even on Roman ruins.
Thank you for sharing
Feed me more of this mighty algorithm! Finding some good channels tonight.
I love ancient history. The problem these days is knowing what has been reconstructed (someone’s guess on how it maybe could have possibly looked), and what is original. Stone henge, for example, was a pile of rocks. To be clear I don’t have a problem with reconstructed ruins themselves, but passing them off as original for the sake of a dime bothers me.
Finished in 10 years you say ?Sorry we won't be around once the maniacs press the button its coming .RIP Roma.😳
Maybe rebuild some lost ancient monuments
saw you walk down the Governo Vecchio one day lol
I think it should be restored to its original splendor.
Too packed all the time
Looks like a trash pit.
Helpful!
YES!!!!
I understand why they put that fence there, but i do not like it.
Coming Rome is my lifetime dream, but probably i never come. Maybe Pompey or Herculaneum instead.
If you go Rome, you must buy tickets after tickets, and still it's not sufficiently.
Thanks for your comments!
Rome is renovating itself completely...I have to say, as a Roman I am quite proud of all of the works that they have been doing, lots of investments in both public transport, archeology and urban projects are reshaping the whole city. 10 years from now Rome will look VERY different.
Thank you for the video!
in _204_ we'd meet Caracalla! Time travel?
It's terrible that they are limiting more and more the approach to the Colosseum more and more. I'm no archaeologist, but this seems another way to make people pay for a ticket.
It's free to look at - and walk around--- just at arm's length!
We'll be there for 10 days in Sept!
ENJOY
Fantastio Darius! So many exciting projects. One thing on my bucket list is to ride the C Line. I'm 56 what are the chances?
Fingers crossed! Give it a decade for that Venezia stop- which here the locals say will be 15!
Next year is gonna be Open the COLOSSEO Line C metro Station 🚇
Great projects: a fence😂