Ome. Omethe historic Borgo del Maglio, in the Brescia area, recently renovated, has the damage from the flood of June 9, starting a raccepted funds online.
«I am helping my community raise funds to help the historic site of Borgo del Maglio, located in Ome, in the province of Brescia, recover from the damage suffered during an unprecedented flood that hit the area on June 9. The entire site – he writes on GoFundMe the organizer of the collection, Enrica Quartini – had just reopened to the public after a year-long renovation. The damage caused by the flood represents a particularly burdensome and costly obstacle to the resumption of activity».
«Entering through the main door of the Maglio – tells – it’s like taking a leap into the 1400s: from observing every original hand and machine tool, to hearing the rhythmic sound of the mallet and hammers shaping the iron into objects; from the smell of the burning coals in the forge, to the stinging coolness of the internal temperature.”
«On the night of June 9th – Enrica continues – the water rose between 0.5 and 2 metres in all the buildings, breaking through both the wooden bulkheads and the doors and windows, damaging the drive shaft of the forge and the hammer, putting at risk the lives of the residents living in the Borgo, killing the animals they were raising and destroying their harvest this year”.
“When the waters receded,” he continues, “they left behind several centimetres of mud and extensive damage to the two museums, the Bed & Breakfast and the residential buildings.”
“There are tens of thousands of euros of damages – he explains – that the Borgo community must face just to clean, sanitize and make fully usable the public and private spaces hit by the flood.”
«There is damage to the hammer and the forge requiring immediate repairs to make all equipment completely safe – it reads – and an urgent need to replace appliances for both residents and the Yellow House, who are currently unable to store food, as well as the purchase of dehumidifiers to help dry walls, floors and furniture».
“Finally,” writes the organizer, who lists the items of expenditure that will be addressed in the text of the collection, “depending on how many funds we manage to collect, we hope to be able to address projects that have been repeatedly put aside over the years due to lack of funds and the ever-pressing need to give priority to more urgent restorations.”
The fundraising, which has now reached almost 5 thousand euros, on a target of 42 thousand euro, can be reached at the following link .
