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Mattarella had to abandon ceremony to unveil plaque
01 Giugno 2021
ROME, JUN 1 - President Sergio Mattarella and other
officials had to abandon a ceremony to unveil the new sign of a
Rome street that has been named after ex-president Carlo Azeglio
Ciampi following the realization that there was a spelling
mistake.
Azeglio had been spelled Azelio , without the letter g .
Mattarella left the ceremony without unveiling the plaque.
Soon after Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi said a new sign with the
ex-president s name correctly spelt had already been put up.
Former Bank of Italy governor and Italian premier Ciampi was the
Italian President Sergio Mattarella had to abandon a ceremony on Tuesday dedicating a Rome road to one of his predecessors, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, after officials noticed that the name on the stone plaque was misspelt. Mattarella had already turned up to the event, alongside members of Ciampi's family and Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi, before the embarrassing mistake was noticed, with the lettering showing up clearly through the translucent cloth covering the plaque. The error lit up social media, with Raggi's many critics saying the gaffe underscored wider problems for the city.
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Cats, as well as archaeological ruins and Julius Caesar, is
what Largo Argentina is all about. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP London - Asharq Al-Awsat
History buffs will be able to roam the ruins of Rome s Area Sacra, perhaps catching a glimpse of Julius Caesar s ghost, after the site becomes an open-air museum next year.
Work to adapt the Largo Argentina archaeological site containing the ruins of four Roman temples for tourists begins next month, Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi announced. With this work we ll begin entering into the area and. walk among the vestiges of our history. Meanwhile, people can observe the site from its surrounding without stepping in it, because it s located few meters under the ground surface, she said at a press conference, AFP reported.