How the pandemic has transformed Italy’s historic sites


By AGENCY

Because of the pandemic, only one of many entrances of the Roman Forum may be used. — PETRA KAMINSKY/dpa

ONLY one entrance is open. The amount of available tickets is limited. Visitors can only move through the sites in one direction, and some pathways are cordoned off.

Tourists might still be able to visit many of the ancient sites in Rome during the pandemic. But the experience has changed, as has the research at some of Italy’s archaeological digs, leaving archaeologists worried.

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