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Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary · Largo di Torre Argentina, Rome

Why are there cats in the ruins at Torre Argentina?

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1. After the temples were excavated in 1929, cats moved into the ruins and people fed them. In the early 1990s Lia Dequel and Silvia Viviani turned that informal colony into the Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary. TEQLA Guide Best answer
2. The sanctuary neuters and cares for the cats. The ruins are ancient. The shelter is not. Caesar was killed in 44 BC in the Curia of Pompey, which stood in this square. TEQLA Guide

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