Rome's Colosseum Undergoes Major Restoration to Revive Southern Entrance
The southern entrance of Rome's Colosseum has been restored in a four-year project aimed at reviving the original design's scale and integrity. The renovation, led by Stefano Boeri Interiors, focused on the semicircular piazza known as the southern ambulatories, a pedestrian zone used by Roman spectators. The project involved lowering the piazza to its original height, reintroducing stairs, and relaying the flooring with travertine sourced from nearby Tivoli quarries. The renovation also included square blocks of travertine marble for seating and Roman numerals indicating seat sections. The project, partly funded by a new metro line development, follows the restoration of the Commodus Passage, an underground entrance opened to the public last year. 
