duckncover
Pope Sixtus V wanted to turn the Colosseum into a wool factory, where the city's prostitutes could be employed.
Colosseum
The Colosseum in the modern era
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Pope Benedict XIV announced in 1749 that the Colosseum was officially sacred property, where Christians had been martyred; this became the official Church view.