Japanese tycoon steps in to restore dilapidated treasure in Rome
The project will include efforts to determine whether, as legend has it, there are secret chambers built into the pyramid.
“A few years ago ultrasonic testing found anomalies within the structure,” Maria Grazia Filetici, a Rome cultural official, told La Repubblica newspaper. “We want to investigate them further with probes.”
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Yuzo Yagi, the owner of a fashion business, has agreed to donate one million euros for the restoration of the 2,000-year-old monument, which forms part of Rome’s ancient walls and overlooks the Protestant Cemetery, the burial place of Shelley and Keats.
Mr Yagi, from Osaka, has had business connections with Italy for more than 40 years and wants to fund the restoration of the monument as a way of commemorating his links with Rome.
