Sanitary measures in Italy: in Rome, a scent of "dolce vita" is back
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Customers have a drink on the terrace of a restaurant in Rome, April 26, 2021 © AP / Alessandra Tarantino
By: Anne Le Nir Follow
6 mins
On April 26, most Italian regions were classified as a yellow zone, the color indicating a low risk of contamination.
Three quarters of the population therefore benefit from a number of flexibilities.
The terraces are reopened, with a capacity of 4 people per table, and the cultural places once again welcome spectators at 50% of their capacity.
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From our correspondent in Rome,
The legendary Farnese cinema, located in Piazza Campo dei Fiori, has been fully booked since its reopening. Here, one can see, obviously masked, a superb documentary on the Rossellini family, directed by the grandson of the author of Rome, open city. Nice nod for moviegoers like Maria. "
For me, the magic of cinema is fundamental, I don't watch films on television, if I could I would go to the cinema every day
", assures Maria
Like all the performing arts, theaters are restarting,
piano, piano
.
The Rome Opera was the first to reopen its doors with a symphonic concert dedicated to Verdi.
On the other hand, all museums and archaeological sites are very easily accessible.
Monica, met at the exit of the Colosseum, has eyes that shine like the sun.
“
Museums and archaeological sites are our roots and it is also an aesthetic necessity to get out of a situation so sad that we have been living for more than a year now,
” explains Monica.
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"It gives us hope for the future"
The return of the
dolce vita
is also the reopening of restaurants and cafes which have an outdoor space. You can even dine until 10 p.m., the time of the curfew maintained throughout Italy, at least until May 15. For the boss of the pizzeria Emma, for whom it is a great breath of fresh air, “
it is since October that we no longer had the possibility of welcoming customers in the evening, it gives us hope for the future,
”he says.
And on the terrace of the “All Biscione” bar, Laurie, an Erasmus student, and her friends happily savor their new-found freedom.
“
Little by little, we come back to life.
I admit that young people, I think, we are less careful about Covid-19, we try to live our youth.
And there we are drinking a Sex on the Beach and Spritz!
", she says.
Neighborhoods that remain empty
But not all districts are bursting with the same energy… Near the Vatican, the souvenir shops are desperately empty.
Anna, who resides in the picturesque Borgo Pio, remembers the years before the pandemic.
“
I couldn't even find a small place to drink a coffee.
The tables were crowded with tourists.
Now Borgo Pio is deserted,
”says Anna.
In the shadow of the dome of Saint-Pierre, the world of tomorrow is still a great unknown.
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