The Age · Travel / Travel news

Tourists were charged $65 each to enter this ‘ancient’ site. It was a fake

· By Lily Shanagher
Story summary

For €40 ($65), it was a steal: the opportunity to see the world’s first open-air amphitheatre, with ruined columns, stone steps and statues tucked into a hill in the north-eastern Italian countryside.

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