{"id":38539,"date":"2023-12-15T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38539"},"modified":"2023-12-15T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T18:07:00","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-bolognas-garisenda-tower-has-been-sealed-off-over-fears-it-could-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38539","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the global doorstep\u2019: Bologna\u2019s Garisenda Tower has been sealed off over fears it could collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/95\/Garisenda-Asinelli-Towers-Bologna-2009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-38540\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Garisenda-Asinelli-Towers-Bologna-2009_Acediscovery_cc-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The 12th-century Garisenda Tower, one of the two towers that dominate Bologna\u2019s skyline, is tilting at 4-degrees and the authorities have closed it off, reports <em>Italia Absolutely.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/95\/Garisenda-Asinelli-Towers-Bologna-2009.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garisenda Asinellli<br \/>\nTowers Bologna<\/a> by Acediscovery, CC BY<br \/>\n4.0 , via <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Italia Absolutely<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The 12th-century Garisenda Tower, one of the two towers that dominate Bologna\u2019s skyline, is tilting at a 4-degree angle and the city authorities have closed it off after monitoring detected shifts in the direction of the tilt&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Bologna\u2019s second iconic tower, the Asinelli, which is almost twice as tall and also leans, does not seem to have the problems of its shorter neighbour\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The works now in progress consist of protecting the surrounding buildings \u2013 and of course people &#8211; in the event of a collapse, by installing rock-fall netting around the tower. The site, and the piazza around it, are expected to remain closed for the foreseeable future\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/italiabsolutely.com\/news\/cities-regions\/bologna-s-garisenda-tower-has-been-sealed-off-over-fears-it-could-collapse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 12th-century Garisenda Tower, one of the two towers that dominate Bologna\u2019s skyline, is tilting at 4-degrees and the authorities have closed it off, reports Italia Absolutely. image for illustration: Garisenda Asinellli Towers Bologna by Acediscovery, CC BY 4.0 , &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38539\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38539"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38567,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38539\/revisions\/38567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}