Published: 11 May 2007
The mayor of a 2,500-year-old Italian hill town that is listed as one of the world's 100 most endangered monuments has appealed to the world's architects to save the town from being cut off from the outside world.
The original bridge joining Civita to the rest of Italy was destroyed by German bombing in the Second World War. A long, steep, narrow concrete bridge replaced it in the 1960s, but like the rest of the town this is threatened by subsidence.
At a meeting on Wednesday the mayor, Erino Pompei, told the handful of remaining villagers: "We've posted an international tender on the internet, inviting the world's best architects to come up with an innovative and eco-friendly solution to our problem." continue...
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