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January 2012
A proposed landfill site close to the 1800 year old Hadrian's Villa in modern day Tivoli is creating controversy in Italy, according to a recent news report.
The report claims that due to the significant difficulties the area is currently facing in the management of its sold waste, city officials have declared an emergency allowing the establishment of a new landfill sight within 'sniffing distance' of the ancient site.
According to the report, neighbours of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage site have raised serious objections to the proposals.
One such neighbour interviewed in the report, Prince Urbano Riario Sforza Barberini Colonna di Sciarra, comments:
"This is one of the most precious areas in the world from an archaeological point of view, and it would be completely destroyed by this rubbish dump."
"It's like putting rubbish in the Pyramids," adds the prince - an actor by trade.
According to the report, the proposed landfill site also risks polluting the Roman Viaducts that feed ancient fountains in the city due to the porous nature of the soil beneath the proposed landfill site.
The Villa's 250 acre site is larger than Pompeii, and was originally built by Hadrian as a means to escape the stench of Rome.
A proposed landfill site close to the 1800 year old Hadrian's Villa in modern day Tivoli is creating controversy in Italy, according to a recent news report.
The report claims that due to the significant difficulties the area is currently facing in the management of its sold waste, city officials have declared an emergency allowing the establishment of a new landfill sight within 'sniffing distance' of the ancient site.
According to the report, neighbours of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage site have raised serious objections to the proposals.
One such neighbour interviewed in the report, Prince Urbano Riario Sforza Barberini Colonna di Sciarra, comments:
"This is one of the most precious areas in the world from an archaeological point of view, and it would be completely destroyed by this rubbish dump."
"It's like putting rubbish in the Pyramids," adds the prince - an actor by trade.
According to the report, the proposed landfill site also risks polluting the Roman Viaducts that feed ancient fountains in the city due to the porous nature of the soil beneath the proposed landfill site.
The Villa's 250 acre site is larger than Pompeii, and was originally built by Hadrian as a means to escape the stench of Rome.
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