Medici Aqueduct of Pisa, Superintendence wants to avert risk of dismemberment for ring road

Last month, the mayor of Pisa, Michele Conti, had presented the 2018-2023 Mandate Program, a document in which the intention of dismantling some of the arches of the Medici Aqueduct to allow the passage of the Northeast ring road was put in black and white, and in the following hours he had relaunched it, adding the intention of inserting the dismembered arches in the center of a traffic circle to “enhance them.” In order to avert the risk, the Superintendence of Pisa has therefore started theprocess that will lead to the Aqueduct being declared of cultural interest: a measure that will make the work untouchable.

“On the basis of the investigations carried out,” Superintendent Andrea Muzzi wrote, “the requirements of cultural interest have been found to be met, insofar as it is within our competence, since it is an important example of hydraulic architecture from the Medici era in Tuscany.” It is, therefore, a monument “that must be preserved in its continuity and dislocation together with the buildings that make up its origin, conclusion, service structures, and water conveyance systems scattered throughout the countryside between Asciano and Pisa.” It will take about four months for the process leading to the declaration of cultural interest to end.

Pictured: San Giuliano Terme (Pisa), the section of the Medici Aqueduct where the bypass should pass

Medici Aqueduct of Pisa, Superintendence wants to avert risk of dismemberment for ring road

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