According to Greek historian Strabo of Amasia, the Mausoleum of Augustus, built by the Emperor to house his ashes and the ashes of his family, was one of the most remarkable buildings in Imperial Rome, constructed sometime before 23 B.C. But these days it’s a dilapidated ruin in the middle of the city, disappointing any tourists who hope to take peek inside. “You would think that the mausoleum to the first emperor of Rome would be a treasured building and well preserved,” writes one visitor on TripAdvisor. “Unfortunately you would be wrong.”

But earlier this week the city of Rome announced that the Mausoleum will be restored and opened for tourist visits by 2019, funded in part by a $6.5 million grant from Telecom Italia, reports Nick Squires at The Telegraph. “We’re going to bring back to life one of the great masterpieces of ancient Rome, which has lain abandoned in the middle of the city for years,” Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi announced when she visited the project site earlier this week. “Rome is taking care of the riches left to us by history, and making them available to our citizens and to visitors from around the world.”