On Tuesday afternoon, the famous Arch of Constantine, which dates back to the year 315, was damaged by lightning. Some of the fragments of the building were picked up by tourists.
A sudden storm hit Rome Tuesday afternoon, plunging the Italian capital into anguish and damaging one of the wonders of ancient Rome, theArch of ConstantineIt is a work dating from 315, built in the valley of the Colosseum, on the slopes of the Palatine, to celebrate the victorious battle of the emperor against Maxentius, at the Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312.
The monument was struck by lightning which caused some fragments of the building fall.
“Our officials arrived on the scene immediately after the lightning strike. All the fragments were recovered and secured.”we can read in a note from the Colosseum Archaeological Park. The latter explains that “The recovery operation carried out by the technicians was timely”Two days before the storm, restoration work had begun on the south facade of the Arc.
Due to the storm, more than a hundred interventions were carried out by the patrols of the local police of Roma Capitale and numerous interventions were also carried out by the firefighters. The greatest inconveniences occurred in the eastern quadrant of the capital and in the city centre. It was precisely in the first municipality that it fell about 60 millimeters of rain in less than an houraccording to a note issued by Civil Protection, the largest quantity of rain of a whole month of autumn.
Among the damages recorded, there was the partial collapse of scaffolding inside the Circus Maximus, and there were also inconveniences for the metro: temporary closure of some Line A stopsor flooding also inside the Santo Spirito hospital, located in the center of the capital. Several bus lines have also been diverted.
