architecture - Panoram Italia https://panoramitalia.com The most widely read publication aimed at Canada’s 1.5 million Italian-Canadians. Wed, 24 Apr 2024 03:48:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.10 https://panoramitalia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/favicon.ico architecture - Panoram Italia https://panoramitalia.com 32 32 Europe’s highest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Italy https://panoramitalia.com/europes-highest-pedestrian-suspension-bridge-opens-in-italy/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 03:47:34 +0000 https://panoramitalia.com/?p=7825 A new pedestrian footbridge suspended across a ravine is said to be the highest of its kind in Europe, slung 175 meters, or 574 feet, above the void.

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]]> CNN Travel – It’s known as the green heart of Italy because of its forested hills and landlocked location. But the region of Umbria, in central Italy, is about to become the beating heart of the country – or, even, the very fast beating heart – thanks to its new tourist attraction. A new pedestrian footbridge suspended across a ravine is said to be the highest of its kind in Europe, slung 175 meters, or 574 feet, above the void.

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]]> Italy races to stop leaning tower from collapsing https://panoramitalia.com/italy-races-to-stop-leaning-tower-from-collapsing/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 03:09:09 +0000 https://panoramitalia.com/?p=7768 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 the same equipment that shored up the Tower of Pisa

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]]> CNN Travel – 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 the same equipment that shored up the Tower of Pisa. 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. Today, it leans at an angle of four degrees, just a little more than the Pisa tower’s current 3.9-degree slant.

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