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A tourist has been caught on video carving names into the ancient walls of Rome's Colosseum and people are absolutely livid with calls for him to be found and arrested

Travel broadens the mind, not because you have seen the Eiffel Tower or the Colosseum in the metaphorical flesh, but because it teaches us that our view of the world is limited, informed — or deformed — by the rites, customs and mythologies of wherever it is we're born, and…

“Serene as a Tuscan village” is how the residents of Monti in central Rome, a charming quarter near the Colosseum, once described their neighbourhood. But that was 15 years ago, before the arrival of Airbnb, said Eric Reguly in The Globe and Mail (Toronto).

Rome is a history lover’s paradise. The city is so chock full of ancient relics chronicling its 3,000-year history that it is nearly impossible to carry out building works without unearthing something precious worth preserving. Projects are frequently delayed, sometimes for years. The city broke ground on its third metro line,…