Interesting

Jun 15, 2007 10:37

Interesting fact about the Colosseum in Rome:

During the 16th and 17th century, Church officials sought a productive role for the vast derelict hulk of the Colosseum. Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590) planned to turn the building into a wool factory to provide employment for Rome's prostitutes, though this proposal fell through with his premature death.

catholicism, history, wool, funny, prostitutes, rome, colosseum, the church, social reform

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