The '''''Premio Colosseo''''' is a prize awarded to a person who has enhanced the image of the city of Rome. It was inaugurated in 2009, the 2000th anniversary of the birth of emperor Vespasian, builder of the Colosseum.<ref name=comune>{{cite web|title=Premio Colosseo|url=http://www.romesightseeing.net/the-colosseum|work=Colosseum in Rome|accessdate=20 January 2014}}</ref> The award is a silver model of the Colosseum.<ref name="LD">{{cite web|title=Lindsey's page|url=http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/lindseyspage.htm|work=Lindsey Davis website|accessdate=3 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429084212/http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/lindseyspage.htm|archivedate=29 April 2009}}</ref>
==List of winners of the Premio Colosseo== *2009: Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director<ref name=comune /> *2010: Lindsey Davis, English author whose ''Falco'' books are set in Rome<ref>{{cite web|title=Management Committee|url=http://www.societyofauthors.org/management-committee|work=Society of Authors|accessdate=3 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920224818/http://www.societyofauthors.org/management-committee|archive-date=20 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Category:2009 establishments in Italy Category:Italian awards Category:Awards established in 2009 Category:Colosseum
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