Over a five-year restoration of the bell tower of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. The base campanile beams strengthened with titanium, which should protect it from settling and roll

In Venice, the restored bell tower of Cathedral of St. Mark. The so-called Campanile (bell tower square in Italian medieval and Renaissance architecture) was built in its present form in the Piazza San-Марко in 1514. Like most Venetian buildings, the bell tower was built on wooden stilts. Year campaign to gradually settled in the waters of the lagoon, and in July 1902 it collapsed completely. Fortunately none of the residents was injured, disappeared but the cat Ranger tower. The Venetian Campanile rebuilt in its present form.

In recent years, the masonry of the bell tower began to appear more and more cracks. The townspeople were afraid that the tower could collapse again, as it was in 1902, and began a restoration that lasted five years. During the restoration of the Campanile base was reinforced titanium valves. This is to protect the bell tower from further settling and roll. Titanium, in the opinion of the restorers, is the most durable material that will not rust the longest in the muddy waters of the Venetian lagoon. The restoration of the Campanile could finish of St. Mark's Day, patron Saint of Venice, which the townspeople celebrate on April 25.

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Sources: ansa.it, artinvestment.ru