Special Events
...created a large amount of capital improvements to the city structure.
-- 1990 FIFA World Cup
The Olympic Stadium was enlarged and updated.
-- 1942 World's Fair
– EUR built by Mussolini in advance of the 1942 worlds fair –
first time a city center being built outside the historic center…multiple
nuclei present today
first time a city center being built outside the historic center…multiple
nuclei present today
-- 1960 Olympics
-- 2000 Year of the Jubilee
Anniversary week of Christianity when Catholic pilgrims are supposed to descend on the Eternal City from all over the world.
– 3 years of preparation – $46 million
-new subway line to Vatican, 3 railway lines from neighboring cities, convention center, third runway at airport, more navigable river, parking for buses
-50 new churches, most of them serving congregations in the city's rapidly growing suburbs.
Jubilee 2000
Many of the monuments of Rome were restored by the Italian
state and by
the Vatican for the 2000 Jubilee.
– 3 years of preparation – $46 million
-new subway line to Vatican, 3 railway lines from neighboring cities, convention center, third runway at airport, more navigable river, parking for buses
-50 new churches, most of them serving congregations in the city's rapidly growing suburbs.
Jubilee 2000
Many of the monuments of Rome were restored by the Italian
state and by
the Vatican for the 2000 Jubilee.