According to multiple Italian news outlets, the bloody incident occurred on Friday, May 2, with the unidentified 47-year-old ...

A U.S. tourist visiting Rome needed 80 stitches after he was impaled while climbing over a fence at the Colosseum, local ...

A 47-year-old male American tourist accidentally impaled himself on a spiked fence while trying to pose for a photograph at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, ...

A United States tourist visiting Rome was impaled on a metal fence at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on Friday.

An American tourist suffered an extreme and horrific injury while trying to climb a barrier in the Colosseum to take a ...

A general view shows people gathering at the Colosseum monument in Rome on April 7 ... (Photo by Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty ...

The tourist climbed up one of the Colosseum's railings but slipped and fell onto a sharp metal spike - which pierced his ...

Lesser-known New Rome also provides respite from crowds, as the city centre battles with over tourism. When the Trevi fountain reopened after restoration works in December 2024, it did so with a new ...

US tourist who impaled himself on Colosseum fence in stable condition, train passengers warned of disruption amid national ...

Beneath the emotions of loss and reverence, and with a new pope in place, Rome continues its spiritual, cultural and ...

Returning to the Colosseum for a new, epic journey in ancient Rome. From May 11, “Gladiator II” by Ridley Scott, a sequel to ...

A general view shows people gathering at the Colosseum monument in Rome on April ... An ambulance in Rome, Italy, seen on March 14, 2025.. (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty ...