San Gimignano, a 20-meter-long section of the ancient medieval walls collapses. No damage to people

In San Gimignano (province of Siena), the ancient town known for its towers and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a twenty-meter-long section of the medieval walls collapsed. The collapse occurred yesterday afternoon, and fortunately there are no reports of personal injuries. Firefighters, municipal technicians and Mayor Giacomo Bassi responded to the scene. The area was cordoned off and interdicted. At the moment, the causes of the collapse are unknown and are being investigated, but it is likely that the collapse was caused by the heavy weather in recent days, with the rains possibly causing a landslide like the one that occurred in February 2014 in Volterra, collapsing a portion of about thirty meters of the city wall. Similarly, the extent of the damage is being assessed.

The mayor said that the community of San Gimignano is shocked by the incident: just a few weeks ago, the municipality had published a call for bids for the awarding of works to fix the walkway that lies underneath the walls. The secretary general of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Carla Di Francesco, let it be known that the ministry’s top management has already taken action to assess the damage and coordinate interventions by drawing up a recovery and restoration project.

San Gimignano, a 20-meter-long section of the ancient medieval walls collapses. No damage to people

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