But now, following the restoration, then closure due to floods and reopening earlier this year of the below ground hypogeum and the very top tier of the arena, visitors can get the view from a totally different perspective and without the crowds.
Later, the FAW issued a statement saying it was "particularly disappointing" that the disruption had occurred, as the FAW and South Wales Police had asked the Italian authorities to place a "sterile area" in front of the second tier stand above the Welsh part of the ground.