Shoring up the Palatine

The Palatine is honeycombed with cavities - the result of centuries of tunnelling and digging.

Instead of demolishing homes and palaces the Romans built on top of them. So while the structures may look solid from above, below they rest on shaky foundations.

So dangerous have some of the structures become that now less than half of the Palatine Hill is open to the public.

From a BBC article, whose upshot is that much more money is needed to safeguard Rome's archeological heritage.

Posted by David on May 15, 2007 9:17 PM