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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 5040158, member: 100459&quot;]WOW!&nbsp; This is great information.&nbsp; I was fortunate to be able to travel through Rome in 1956 before all of the restrictive access to many of their buildings and other historical sites.&nbsp; I was especially enamored with the coliseum.&nbsp; We were allowed access to the floors and the slave quarters.&nbsp; We walked the Apian Way with all of their structures.&nbsp; We later went to Pisa.&nbsp; We were allowed to walk up to the top of the &quot;Leaning&quot; Bell Tower of Pisa.&nbsp; They allowed us to walk on the outside of the tower in certain areas.&nbsp; There were no ropes or railings on the outside then.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t have an appreciation for our travels, as I was only 9 at the time.</p><p>I returned to Rome and other sites in 1966, when I was 19.&nbsp; Although it was only 10 years later.&nbsp; The government rebuilt many of the destroyed buildings as well as restricting access to many of their structures with ropes, tourist helpers, and armed military guards.&nbsp; Sadly, I was unable to enjoy the same access to the coliseum and the catacombs as well as the Bell Tower of Pisa.&nbsp; Since the Bell Tower is leaning to the point of falling over today, there is no access to the tower as well as many other sites.&nbsp; I would love to go to Rome again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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