Hollywood and Italian celebrities, brand ambassadors, politicians and influencers sipped from rivers of Champagne on the rooftop.
“When I became the mayor, the city was, they said, in decline,” said Mr. Rutelli, who served from 1993 to 2001.
Around him, decked-out revelers spoke about the dawn of a new Dolce Vita era in Rome, prompting some Romans to suggest the bubbly had gone to their heads.
But Mr. Rutelli insisted that Romans weren’t constitutionally opposed to change and progress.
But that landmark was surrounded by a deep ditch filled with orange fencing and languishing construction workers in the future — perhaps distant future — site of a modern promenade.
Persons:
influencers, “, Rutelli, Richard Meier, ”, revelers, Mariani
Organizations:
“ Roma
Locations:
Hollywood, Champagne, ”, Pacis, American, Rome