The 48-meter-high Garisenda Tower in Bologna was built in the 12th century, during the northern Italian city's historic heyday, but two centuries later it began to lean. Today it is tilted at an angle of four degrees, slightly more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is tilted at an angle of 3.9 degrees, writes CNN.
The tower is leaning so much that the concern that it might collapse is increasing day by day. So, a plan is drawn up to save it with the help of the equipment that helped support the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.
At the end of last year, the roads around Garisenda were temporarily closed while scientists monitored the construction of the tower, looking for evidence of its shifting and cracking, concluding that it was at risk of collapse.
The mayor of Bologna, Matteo Lepore, announced on Thursday that the pillars and cables used for the Leaning Tower of Pisa will be used along with steel scaffolding to prevent the tower from collapsing.
He announced that in 2025 and 2026, further work will be undertaken to strengthen and restore the tower, which has not yet been planned.
