(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 13 – Bologna’s famed leaning tower, the Garisenda, will be restored by the end of 2028, Mayor Matteo Lepore said Tuesday.
This will be some five years after the alert that it was tottering was sounded in October 2023, he said.
“That will be record time,” he said.
The Garisenda has been secured with scaffolding from the Leaning Tower of Pisa as part of moves to stop it from falling over completely, Mayor Lepore told a press conference on the project recently.
The Italian culture ministry has earmarked five million euro to fix the Bologna tower, which has been cordoned off amid fears it may topple.
The work to repair and secure the Garisenda tower will run until December 2028.
The Garisenda is one of two towers standing side by side in the heart of Bologna, and among the main symbols of the Emilian capital.
The 48m Garisenda, which stands alongside the 97m and straight Torre degli Asinelli, is in a worrying state of stability, the ministry has said. (ANSA).
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This will be some five years after the alert that it was tottering was sounded in October 2023, he said.
“That will be record time,” he said.
The Garisenda has been secured with scaffolding from the Leaning Tower of Pisa as part of moves to stop it from falling over completely, Mayor Lepore told a press conference on the project recently.
The Italian culture ministry has earmarked five million euro to fix the Bologna tower, which has been cordoned off amid fears it may topple.
The work to repair and secure the Garisenda tower will run until December 2028.
The Garisenda is one of two towers standing side by side in the heart of Bologna, and among the main symbols of the Emilian capital.
The 48m Garisenda, which stands alongside the 97m and straight Torre degli Asinelli, is in a worrying state of stability, the ministry has said. (ANSA).
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