A few minutes ago, men appeared on Torrazzo lowered from above with harnesses and bags. “No, it is not the new installation of the upcoming Art Week – Contemporary Cremona” Don jokes Gianluca Gaiardi, Director of the Cultural Heritage Office of the Diocese of Cremona. “They are the men from EdiliziAcrobatica, intent on maintaining the tower by removing all the weed bushes” explains the priest. The company, specialized in precisely this type of intervention without the use of scaffolding and baskets, reduces the costs of renting these supports by working at heights with ropes, carabiners and special harnesses. “A procedure that however requires a lot of attention, safety, special grass collection “umbrellas” that prevent it from falling onto the square below. We had planned this work since last winter, we were waiting for a suitable weather window“. The operation will continue until the complete removal of the bushes infesting the battlements of the bell tower. Until last year, these particular interventions were carried out by the Fire Brigade who were cyclically called to climb the Torrazzo.
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