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Pope Francis' chair is seen prior to the start of the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) in front of the Colosseum on Good Friday, in Rome, Friday, March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini/Pool)

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By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 26, 2021 file photo, few visitors arrive for their tour of the ancient Colosseum, in Rome. Italy's culture ministe Dario Franceschini announced Sunday, May 2, 2021 project to build and install a retractable structure, a high-tech, light-weight stage inside the Roman Colosseum which will allow visitors a central viewpoint from within the ancient structure “to see the majesty of the monument.&quot; The stage had existed until the 1800s when it was removed for archaeological digs on the subterranean levels of the ancient structure. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, file)

New stage in Rome’s Colosseum will restore majestic view

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