Renovations have left Rome in chaos. Now 35 million visitors are about to descend
CNNFor travel tips, recipes and more insight on Italian culture, sign up for CNN’s Unlocking Italy newsletter. During celebrations, the “holy doors” of Rome’s major basilica churches, normally cemented shut, are opened. Remo Casilli/Reuters The forthcoming jubilee will begin on Christmas Eve — December 24 — when Pope Francis opens the holy door in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City. “Being in a car is no fun.” Rome is not ready, it is chaotic Sylwia Wysocka, veteran Rome correspondent for Poland's PAP news agency But, he says, the jubilee deadline is at least pushing the city to complete projects that could otherwise drag on. And the “changes mean that Romans will benefit from these improvements long after jubilee, so the pain is worth it.” Eugenio Patanè, Rome’s deputy mayor of mobility, says whatever the readiness of various parts of the city, it will be able to cope.
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