Se vende Coliseo antes de que se deteriore más / Coliseum sold.

17/04/2011. EL PAIS 16/04/2011 [MAD]
metalocus, ANDRES TERRAIN

Italian cultural policy, the country of the Grand Tour, the Renaissance and the Roman Empire, by Piero della Francesca and Verdi, of Dante and Pasolini, has slowly become something of a treasure in decomposition. The succession of bad news in recent months has been an overwhelming hammering, almost daily.

Three landslides in Pompei, the announcement of an amnesty for stolen archaeological, cuts to the foundation lyrics, the serious deterioration of the Rialto Bridge in Venice, the closing of theaters and libraries, demonstrations and strikes of artists and workers throughout the country, the threatened closure of the Istituto Luce, the historical film library Cinecita the hiring of some gangsters released to care for Abatellis Museum of Palermo, the corruption scandal in the Civil Protection is responsible for organizing major cultural events (and religious ) and opaque management under emergency conditions and exceptional archaeological sites, theaters and museums like the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

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