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FILE - This combo of two images shows tourists sitting in front of the Pantheon, in Rome, at 13.47gmt, Friday, June 7, 2019, top and at 13.00gmt on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Italy's grave outbreak of coronavirus has emptied landmarks of tourists and Romans. A photographic look at Rome, before virus fears spooked the public, and now contrasts crowded places like the Colosseum and the Roman Forum now devoid of visitors. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Andrew Medichini)

FILE - This combo of two images shows tourists sitting in front of the Pantheon, in Rome, at 13.47gmt, Friday, June 7, 2019, top and at 13.00gmt on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Italy's grave outbreak of coronavirus has emptied landmarks of tourists and Romans. A photographic look at Rome, before virus fears spooked the public, and now contrasts crowded places like the Colosseum and the Roman Forum now devoid of visitors. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Andrew Medichini)

March 12, 2020

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AP PHOTOS: Rome's eternally packed tourist sites emptied
March 12, 2020 2:44 a.m.

AP PHOTOS: Rome's eternally packed tourist sites emptied

ROME (AP) — For years, Rome seemed to have only a high season for tourism given the Italian capital's eternal appeal with foreign visitors.