Italy is planning a new floor of the 2,000-year-old Coliseum in Art and Culture News

The project will give visitors a sense of what it must have been like when gladiators fought on the field of Rome.

The ancient Roman Colosseum will once again be on the floor thanks to a new high-tech project announced by the Italian Ministry of Culture.

“It’s an unusual project,” Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said on Sunday with a view to creating a flexible floor to give visitors a better look when gladiators fought gladiators to death in front of a crowd of spectators. authorities.

“It will allow you to see the elegance of the Coliseum from the center (of the area),” he said in a tweet, also sharing a simulation of what the new floor would look like.

The last floor of the century was removed by archaeologists so that they could better see the labyrinth of rooms and corridors beneath the arena.

It was never completely replaced and people are able to walk along the edges of the building and look at the ruins of underground chambers where gladiators and animals awaited their wild competition.

Milan Engineering Italy has won an 18.5 million euro ($ 22.2 million) contract to design a new floor and has promised to complete the project by 2023.

The wooden platform will consist of hundreds of rotating blades to bring natural light to the underground rooms.

The Coliseum is the most popular tourist attraction in Italy, attracting 7.6 million visitors in 2019 before being hit by coronaviruses.

The #Colosseo he will return to have his pitch. After years of study, the winning project was announced. It will be reversible, allowing you to visit the underground and see the majesty of the Coliseum from the center, dating back to the 19th century. https://t.co/DG6UOKRcB4 pic.twitter.com/dI9XtY9dxV

– Dario Franceschini (@dariofrance) May 2, 2021

[Translation: The Colosseum will have its arena again. After years of study, we have a winning project. It will be reversible and allow you to visit the underground (chambers) as well as to see the majesty of the Colosseum from its centre as it was for centuries until the end of the 19th century.]

Built 2,000 years ago, the stone arena was the largest amphitheater in the Roman Empire, once extending to Britain, Egypt, and Turkey.

It used to have 70,000 seats and organized gladiatorial fights, executions and animal hunts.

It could also be filled with water to restore sea battles.