Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi said
Monday that the archaeological area at Largo Argentina, site of
some of Rome's oldest temples, will be made accessible to the
public thanks to a deal with fashion house Bulgari.
She said work on the area, which has long been home to a
large colony of stray cats, would be completed "in the second
half of 2021".
Bulgari, which funded the renovation of the Spanish Steps in
2016, will stump up around 800,000 euros for the project,
according to Italian media reports.
Largo di Torre Argentina, to give it its full name, is a
square with four Republican-era temples, which have become
weather worn in recent years.
The whole site has also become increasingly rundown.
The square is also the site of the front of what was once
Pompey's Theatre including the spot where Julius Caesar was
assassinated.
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