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Rome – 18 July 2025
1. Top shot of Roman forum
2. Tourists exploring the Roman Forum in the middle of the day
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3. Tourist pouring a bottle of water over herself near the Colosseum
4. Wide of Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine
5. Tour guide Massimo De Filippis explaining the Arch of Tito to tourists
6. De Filippis walking with tourists down the Via Sacra in the Roman Forum
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Massimo De Filippis, Tour Guide:
“It is tough, honestly it is tough, I am not going to lie but I try to get in a positive mindset and attitude. I try during the tour, it seems on average every tour takes about three hours, I try to include as many shaded spots as possible.”
8. Tourists walking through the Roman Forum in the sun
9. De Filippis talking to tourists about the Vestal Virgins
10. De Filippis standing in line with tourists at fountain in the Roman Forum
11. Tourist from Boxford, Massachusetts, Lisa Marafioti Black, at fountain
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Marafioti Black, tourist from Boxford, Massachuetts:
“We don’t walk quickly, we make sure we drink a lot of water. The fountains that are here make it very easy to get water. It is pretty accessible.”
13. Di Filippis describing history of building in Roman Forum to tourists
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Massimo De Filippis, Tour Guide:
“I would love for the Colosseum and the Roman Forum to open earlier and to close later because too many times it is actually dangerous to go in the Roman Forum between noon and 3:30pm.”
15. Woman fanning herself on a bench along the Via Sacra in the Roman Forum
16. De Filippis giving tour
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Massimo De Filippis, Tour Guide:
“One tour a day, no more than one tour a day, wear a hat, sunglasses, bring water with you and keep it in a slow pace.”
18. Tourists fanning themselves in the Roman Forum
19. De Filippis giving tour in the Roman Forum
20. Woman with hand fan
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Massimo De Filippis, Tour Guide:
“For example in Greece, I know they made it mandatory that the Acropolis is shut down from noon for four, something like that. It should be the same, because the Roman Forum, even if you want to avoid the heat, you can’t. The Roman Forum doesn’t offer shaded spots at all.”
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Rome – 18 July 2025
22. Tourist sitting under umbrella with battery fan
23. Woman looking out of forum with umbrella
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Rome – 22 July 2025
24. Young woman fanning herself near Colosseum
25. Man splashing water from fountain on his bald head
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Rome – 18 July 2025
26. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Deborah Rossi, tourist from France:
“Because Rome is also beautiful with this heat. Yes, yes. There is a bit of suffering but the beauty is always here.”
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Rome – 22 July 2025
27. Young women fanning themselves near Colosseum
28. Old ladies in shade near Colosseum fanning themselves
29. Tour guide De Filippis wiping the sweat off his face as he stands near the Colosseum and tourist comes and cools him with battery-powered fan
STORYLINE:
Millions of tourists cling to battery-powered fans and water bottles as they shuffle their way through the Colosseum and Roman Forum in the scorching heat.
Massimo De Filippis is one of the hundreds of tour guides who spends hours every day on his feet describing the role of the vestal virgins, the power of the Roman emperors and the feats of the gladiators.
“It is tough, honestly it is tough, I am not going to lie,” De Filippis explains as he wipes the sweat off his face.
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