article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Italians have a saying: "Too much of something cripples it.
article_snippet.sent: We've turned blind to them value and beauty.
article_snippet.sent: I remember once an American colleague asking me:
article_snippet.sent: As a travel writer I have the misfortune of dealing with tourist offices almost on a daily basis
article_snippet.sent: I find a much better job with it almost begging them, when it should be the other way round.
article_snippet.sent: There's also wide-spread approach that tends to limit restyling in general.
article_snippet.sent: But that's a blind approach.
article_snippet.sent: Or sell them to rich businessmen?
article_snippet.sent: Similar options make state authorities' hair stand on end: state authorities' hair stress art belongs to the Italian people and should remain in public hands -- even if it's inaccessible and unenjoyable.
article_snippet.sent: But cobwebs and dust can do no harm, right?