The Colosseum polishes up for its next 9 million visitors
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The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate parts of columns from 2,000 years ago.
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The project focused on a semicircular piazza outside the arena, where spectators crowded under two arcades comprised of marble columns.
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