American collector repented returns piece of the Colosseum
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"We should have done much earlier, but we apologize and give back what we took to the Coliseum 25 years ago, to return to the place it belongs." States that the letter accompanying the package delivered today to the Regional Tourism Promotion Agency of Rome and Lazio, signed by "an American citizen," and that came from Greensboro, North Carolina. In the package, a piece of travertine, "a stone with my husband we took as a souvenir," writes the anonymous woman who said she had felt guilty every time, looking at his collection of souvenirs "collected" in the journey of a lifetime , the eye fell on that piece removed from the monument symbol of Rome. "Over the years I thought that if all the visitors of this beautiful monument, it would take some time, it would not anymore. Our gesture was a selfish and superficial." The fragment of the right size to get into a pocket, it is now waiting to return to the Archaeological Superintendence of Rome, which was immediately contacted by the Regional Tourist Board of Rome and Lazio. An unprecedented case, "we are very happy - says the president of the Regional Tourist Board of Rome and Lazio, Federica Alatri - because we are making huge financial and organizational efforts to promote the image of Rome and we are comforted the sense of responsibility that this person has shown. "The Colosseum, Rome and its monuments - emphasizes the Minister of Tourism, Region of Lazio, Claudio Mancini - are the dream of tourists from around the world. The message I get is that visitors to our city continue to care about it even after so many years. We would like to trace these people and invite them to a new journey in the capital. "
(06 May 2009)
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