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Rome’s Trevi Fountain gets temporary catwalk as famous landmark undergoes a cleaning
Is an entrance fee coming to the Trevi Fountain in Rome? Is an entrance fee coming to the Trevi Fountain in Rome? 00:44 A suspended walkway providing tourists an up-close view of Rome’s Trevi Fountain was unveiled Saturday, a temporary addition while the famous “La Dolce Vita” site undergoes a cleaning. The Baroque masterpiece constructed…
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The Berlin Wall came down 35 years ago today. Fragments of the famous border still remain today.
Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around capitalist West Berlin. The heavily fortified border —the Berlin Wall— plugged the last gap between East and West. On Nov. 9, 1989, the border was…