
World's top tourist city turns ancient ruins into part of the daily subway commute
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Rome opens Colosseo-Fori Imperiali and Porta Metronia subway stations featuring 260-foot military barracks. Metro C line cost $8.3 billion and carries 800,000 daily passengers.
"The challenge was ... building it under such a large amount of groundwater and at the same time preserving all the archaeological finds that we found." Andrea Margolis is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can follow her on X at @andreamargs or send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
What makes the stations unique is that ancient artifacts — all uncovered during construction of the stops — are displayed throughout the stations.
The two stations, Colosseo-Fori Imperiali and Porta Metronia, feature a variety of historic objects.
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