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The Garisenda tower is currently at a slant of four degrees, in comparison to Italy’s other famous Leaning Tower, in Pisa, which is angled at five degrees Getty A historic landmark in Bologna ...
The Garisenda tower is currently at a slant of four degrees, in comparison to Italy’s other famous Leaning Tower, in Pisa, which is angled at five degrees The Two Towers in Bologna, Italy. A ...
Work to prevent the collapse of a medieval leaning tower in the heart of the northern Italian city of Bologna will cost 20 million euros ($21.5 million) and take 10 years at least, its mayor said ...
It’s become Italy’s other “leaning tower.” And now, after mounting concern that the Torre Garisenda in Bologna might be on the verge of collapse, a plan has been hatched to save it using ...
Bologna's leaning Century Garisenda tower has been sealed off by police, following fears that it could collapse. The 154-foot tower is the counterpart to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and now has a ...
A leaning medieval tower in the centre of Bologna that was cordoned off due to the risk of its collapse is expected to be stabilised and restored by late 2028, the northern Italian city's mayor ...
(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 ...
Officials have secured the area around one of two 12th Century towers that have become symbolic of the northern city of Bologna, fearing its leaning could lead to collapse.
Authorities have secured the area around the Garisenda tower, left, the shorter of the so-called Two Towers that look out over central Bologna, Italy, which is leaning at a perilous angle.
The view of the Garisenda tower from Via Rizzoli on November 06, 2023 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Michele Lapini/Getty Images) Work to reinforce both towers has been ongoing since the 1990s.
The 48-meter (158 feet) Garisenda tower was built in the 12th century, during a boom period of the northern city’s history, but two centuries later it had already begun to tilt.