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Rome’s Colosseum has reopened for business

but there are no foreign tourists in the capital

Location: Rome, Italy

(SOUNDBITE) (Italian) VISITOR FROM FLORENCE, ELISABETTA MARCHI, SAYING:

"I am really surprised the Colosseum is open, I thought it would be later but I'll take this opportunity immediately because this will be the only chance. I hope this will really be a reopening and not a kind of hiccup like last summer."

The Colosseum will now be open 7 days a week

and visitors will be allotted a specific time