ANCONA The Arco Clementino closes to visitors. After the Corriere Adriatico’s report of some superficial subsidence, the Port Authority has foreseen…
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ANCONA The Arco Clementino closes to visitors. After the Corriere Adriatico reported some superficial subsidence, the Port Authority planned as a precaution to cordon off the monument, where the barriers appeared in the early afternoon yesterday – in agreement with the Superintendency. A first inspection was carried out yesterday but the Municipality has scheduled a second one for Monday, again with the Port Authority and Superintendency. Not only.
The controls
The Port Authority “will carry out an in-depth technical assessment in the next few days together with a company to verify the state of conservation of the masonry” we read in a note. «From the outcome of this analysis, the Port System Authority will evaluate the necessary intervention always in agreement with the Superintendency» continues the statement. «We will go and see what happened, we will try to understand» anticipates the councilor for public works Stefano Tombolini. The issue to be resolved will also be another: who is responsible for the Arco Clementino? At present no one seems to be sure enough of the answer to come forward publicly. The particular location of the monument does not help, suggestive for photographers and tourists but a nightmare for any administrator or cog in the Italian bureaucracy.
The symbol
It is a historical asset – so one might think of the Superintendence – but located in the area of competence of the Port Authority and owned by the State Property Office. The latter data can be taken from the 2023 Catalog of cultural heritage of the Marche Region, available online. State property, but which one? Being in the port area, in fact, the risk is that it is a state maritime property, which in turn falls under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Ancona.
However, one thing is certain: the Arco Clementino cannot remain like this. In addition to being a possible danger for those who pass down there – or stay there, as in the case of homeless people – it is not even a pretty sight. Not the best business card for a city that sees its main tourist basin in its port.
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