article_snippet.sent: We're overcrowded with so many frescoed churches, medieval castles and Roman ruins that We simply don't know what to do with them, let alone care for a proper upkeep.
article_snippet.sent: In a desperate move the monks have launched a crowdfunding project to raise 500,000 euros.
article_snippet.sent: Paradoxically, if we had just the Coliseum or Venice it would be easier.
article_snippet.sent: Crowdfunding has already saved Bologna's San Luca Portico.
article_snippet.sent: The Coliseum is getting a makeover thanks to shoe brand Todd's, while a few visionary businessmen are rescuing crumbling villages by turning a few visionary businessmen into luxury resorts.
article_snippet.sent: Not to mention churches featuring Michelangelo's works, which are free to enter.
article_snippet.sent: Our sunny piazzas, bridges and frescoed castles should be regularly rented out for lavish ceremonies and weddings of billionaires couples or for major company events that would bring millions of euros to cities' coffers.
article_snippet.sent: And who cares if for one single evening residents are unable to park residents car in front of residents palazzo?
article_snippet.sent: There are also 6,000 abandoned medieval "ghost towns" that could be recovered or sold to revamp local economy.
article_snippet.sent: The state should also speed up the process of putting up for auction hundreds of artistic sites and historical buildings to privates and international investors who get to run auction hundreds of artistic sites and historical buildings for 50 years.
article_snippet.sent: Since the project launch in 2012 so far just two restyles have worked out, one being a Renaissance villa in Florence turned into a deluxe spa resort.