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Next time you visit Rome and you find the subway system lacking, try imagining how deep we need to go. On a related note: Ikea was planning to open a shop in t
by carlob 12y ago
Next time you visit Rome and you find the subway system lacking, try imagining how deep we need to go.
On a related note: Ikea was planning to open a shop in the outskirts of Rome some 25 years ago. They had their store designed and just when they started digging foundations they found roman remains. The whole store had to be redesigned, raised one level and only then built. The process took 10 additional years, but now when you go to Ikea you can see some of the remains, including a roman road in the parking lot underneath.
http://ifg.uniurb.it/static/lavori-fine-corso-2012/grifoni/2012/04/28/la-musealizzazione-commerciale-lesempio-di-ikea-anagnina/index.html http://ifg.uniurb.it/static/lavori-fine-corso-2012/grifoni/2...
- guard-of-terra 12y agoIt's a blessing that most of roman ruins still stand relatively intact even after applying two thousand years of human stupidity to them. For example, they could definitely ruin a lot with an early subway. And yes, it was kind of strange that Milan outran Rome in terms of subways. On the other hand, Saint Petersburg is built on the swamp, and metro had to be 50+ meters deep and featured underground river flooding one of its tunnel for 10+ years. At least you're happy to have this place genuinely diggable.