Rome's Metro C stop has been hailed as a "new tourist attraction" by a BBC article.
According to an article by Eric J. Lyman, published on the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) travel channel on April 9, the UK's main public broadcaster, the Colosseum-Fori Imperiali (Colosseum-Imperial Forum) station, which will open in late 2025, is effectively an underground museum with artifacts, building ruins, and multimedia reconstructions. The article's opening line, in fact, defines the C metro station as follows: "This metro station is the newest attraction of ancient Rome.”
The opening image in the article is also very evocative; it features the escalators in the background and the majesty of the ruins in the foreground, as well as the caption, which alludes to the spectacular Roman ruins unearthed and its “archaeo-stations", which offer visitors a completely different way to discover the city's ancient past.
The journalist recounts that, after making his way through the long lines of tourists crowding monuments like the Colosseum, he entered the Colosseum-Fori Imperiali metro station, where he saw a collection of ancient ceramics behind a glass case. He then recounts admiring the remains of Roman baths, emphasizing that it wasn't a museum but Rome's new metro station, with an admission fee of €1.50.
The article is therefore a true account of a journalist's journey into a past visible in an unexpected place.
Foto: Turismo Roma
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