Italy’s Ancient Monuments Face (Actual) Collapse

“Many Italian monuments could meet the fate of the 2,000-year-old House of Gladiators which collapsed in Pompeii on Saturday, Italian experts warned. ‘With no maintenance and non-existent funds,'” said one advocate, “‘the entire country is at risk. From Bologna’s twin towers to the dome of Florence’s Cathedral and Nero’s Golden House in Rome, many other monuments could be reduced to rubble’.”