Rome’s Colosseum restoration sparks inquiries into contract

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Rome’s Colosseum restoration sparks inquiries into contract

Shoe firm Tod’s had struck a €25m deal to fund restoration, but this is being investigatedItaly’s most visited monument, the Roman Colosseum, is suffering from “about 3,000 lesions”, a government minister said last year. Sometimes, bits fall off, as did a chunk dislodged by a pigeon on Christmas Eve.