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Leicester's Roman forum built from cardboard in a day | Leicester's Roman forum built from cardboard in a day |
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... but the cardboard construction will fall like the Roman Empire on Sunday | |
Rome wasn't built in a day - but Leicester's cardboard forum was. | Rome wasn't built in a day - but Leicester's cardboard forum was. |
On Saturday, a Roman forum building was created entirely from cardboard and sticky tape in Jubilee Square. | |
But the brown building will come tumbling down on Sunday as part of a free Old Town Festival in the city centre over the weekend. | |
Other attractions for visitors to the city include learning to march like a Centurion, mosaic making in the Guildhall, Morris dancing and meeting a fire-breathing dragon to mark St George's Day. | |
Assistant city mayor Vi Dempster said combining traditional St George's Day celebrations with Leicester's 2,000-year history made for "an exciting festival with something for everyone". | |
The construction was part of a two-day free festival in the city | The construction was part of a two-day free festival in the city |
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