Photos: The monumental eyesores of modern-day Rome
Rome's monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with the Italian capital's glories, including the Colosseum.
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A street sign on a road leading to the ancient Colosseum is covered in stickers, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A woman walks past a street name sign scribbled in writings, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A tourist guide indicates to her group the monument of Pie’ di Marmo, a giant marble foot dating back to the 1st century, in an alleyway in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A manhole is clogged by leaves and plastic causing a giant puddle partially flooding a street as a man on the other side of the road tries to sweep away more leaves, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A woman makes her way across a sidewalk covered with uncollected garbage, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A man pushes a stroller in front of garbage bins rife with trash, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
People walk past garbage abbandoned on a sidwalk, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
Recreational equipment is sealed off in a playground in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A child plays in front of a closed rundown playground in Rome's Magliana neighborhood, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
Dismantled bicycles belonging to a bike-sharing company lie abandoned in a graffiti and poster covered alleyway in Rome's Trastevere historical neighborhood, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A man walks past a bin overflowing with uncollected trash at Colle Oppio park facing the ancient Colosseum, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A boat which was washed up eight years ago from the Tiber River in an exceptionally high water after a heavy rainfall lies on the river bank, near Prati's elegant neighborhood, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
People sit on the Tiber river banks covered in fallen leaves and overgrown grass, backdropped by graffiti filled walls, in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
People walk past a church wall covered with graffiti in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A column is covered by graffiti in Rome's central Via Giulia, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A face-in-hole effigy of the famed movie "Roman Holidays" displaying Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn riding a Vespa scooter in front of the Colosseum is backdropped by a rundown wall, in downtown Rome, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A tourist information board is scribbled in graffiti as it overlooks the Tiber River and St. Peter's Dome, in downtown Rome, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A woman leafs through a book she picked up from the accumulated garbage, in Rome, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italy Rome Decay Photo Gallery
A trash collector puts his hand to his head as he looks at the accumulated garbage, in Rome, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side-by-side with Eternal City’s glories.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)