“Once the steel scaffolding already used in Pisa are installed, the Garisenda [tower] will go from the yellow phase [of relative danger] and will be secured, entering the green phase,” he said.
The Italian culture ministry has earmarked five million euros 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 June 2026.
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 said in October.
Pisa’s world-famous monument’s dangerous lean was cut by 15 inches in a stabilisation project that began in 1990.
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