{"id":6908,"date":"2023-10-25T03:53:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T07:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=6908"},"modified":"2023-10-25T04:15:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T08:15:18","slug":"italys-lesser-known-leaning-tower-is-at-risk-of-collapsing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/25\/italys-lesser-known-leaning-tower-is-at-risk-of-collapsing\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy&#8217;s lesser-known leaning tower is at risk of collapsing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Area around Bologna&#8217;s Garisenda Tower is closed after scientists detect unusual movement in the stonework<\/h3><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower.jpg 635w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower-135x90.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><figcaption><strong><sup>The area surrounding Garisenda Tower was closed to traffic after abnormal oscillations and noises were detected coming from the stonework&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The 900-year old tower has a lean of four degrees &#8211; just short of the tower of Pisa<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Scientists say that noises recorded in the tower will give a warning of collapse&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Wiliam+Hunter\">WILIAM HUNTER<\/a> for Mail Online &#8211; It might not be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/italy\/index.html\">Italy<\/a>&#8216;s most famous leaning tower, but the Garisenda Tower has now got the whole country&#8217;s attention as scientists find it is at risk of collapsing.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Scientists from the University of Bologna have been using ultra-sensitive microphones to pick up any cracking sounds in the tower.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Now, the streets surrounding Bologna&#8217;s 900-year-old tower have been closed after the sensors picked up unusual shifts in the stonework.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Standing at 157ft tall, the Garisenda Tower has a lean of four degrees &#8211; just shy of the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa&#8217;s five degree tilt.<\/p><p>Experts suggest that the tower&#8217;s weak foundations may be subsiding, requiring an injection of filler material to add more stability.<\/p><p>A representative of Bologna&#8217;s Tourist Board said that the scientists detected abnormal noise, oscillations, vibrations, and movements of a few millimetres within the tower.<\/p><p>They add that the traffic restrictions will allow the detection equipment to make more accurate recordings before sending specialists to climb the tower to make more accurate measurements.&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower-2.jpg 635w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower-2-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower-2-600x536.jpg 600w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower-2-67x60.jpg 67w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower-2-101x90.jpg 101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><figcaption><strong><sup>Bologna&#8217;s Garisenda Tower is dwarfed by its neighbour, the Asinelli Tower, and doesn&#8217;t quite match the dramatic angle of the more famous Leaning Tower of Pisa<\/sup><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>&#8216;Given the cultural relevance of the Garisenda tower, its hypothetical loss would be tragic, not only tourism-wise but for Bologna and Italy\u2019s history as well,&#8217; the spokesperson said.<\/p><p>&#8216;Fortunately the signals detected so far do not lead us to believe that the tower may collapse, the situation is under control and a team of experts are taking care of it properly.&#8217;<\/p><p>Italian Culture Undersecretary, Lucia Borgonzoni, said that the situation was concerning and appeared to blame the city council for allowing the danger to develop.<\/p><p>&#8216;Perhaps there has been an underestimation of the situation by the municipal scientific committee that is in charge of the tower&#8217;s conservation,&#8217; Ms Borgonzoni said&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ilrestodelcarlino.it\/bologna\/cronaca\/garisenda-transennata-borgonzoni-f67719c4\">in an interview with&nbsp;Quotidiano Nazionale.<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-12665065\/Italys-lesser-known-leaning-tower-risk-COLLAPSING-Area-Bolognas-Garisenda-Tower-closed-scientists-detect-unusual-movement-stonework.html\">Read more here<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Area around Bologna&#8217;s Garisenda Tower is closed after scientists detect unusual movement in the stonework<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1590,1591,1592],"class_list":{"0":"post-6908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-garisenda-tower","9":"tag-leaning-tower","10":"tag-risk-of-collapsing"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Leaning-tower.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6928,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908\/revisions\/6928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}