Rome to let tourists see Colosseum underground

ROME (AP) - May 26, 2010

Officials say several months of work has made the area safe for visits and the public will be allowed to tour the underground section starting in late summer. No exact date has been set.

Architect Barbara Nazzaro told Associated Press Television News on Wednesday that tourists will be able to see the spaces where lions, tigers and bulls were kept in cages before being hoisted on rope-pulled elevators to ground level for entertainment in the ancient arena.

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