Culture minister wants Colosseum 'gladiator stage'

(ANSA) - Rome, November 3 - Cultural Minister Dario Francheschini likes the idea of putting a stage back into the Colosseum, and in a tweet on Sunday said that it would "just take a little courage" to do so.
    The idea to restore the stage was suggested by archeologist Daniele Manacorda in July in the archeological journal Archeo.
    In Sunday's tweet, Francheschini included a visual comparison using a modern photo showing the exposed underground tunnels, comparing it to one from the mid-1800s in which the stage was still in place over the tunnels, similar to ancient times.