A picture taken on June 22, 2011 shows the Colosseum in Rome. The italian head of Tod’s shoe company Diego Della Valle offered to restore the Colosseum, with negotiations which had already started following a problematic tender for the project as news reports estimated the bid at 23 million euros (30 million dollars). AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)
