Transcript Heartquake for Italy

An update from
Central Italy
UNSTOPPED EARTHQUAKES, SNOW,
AVALANCHES
What is happening: 18 January
Italy
hit by four powerful
earthquakes in four hours,
bringing terror to region trying
to recover from last year's
deadly tremors
«OUR HOMES AND OUR CHURCHES ARE NO
LONGER THERE, BUT WE STAY»
A tragedy in the tragedy

Due to the earthquake an avalanche of 120.000 tons buried a
ski resort in Farindola, Abruzzo region, at the base of Mount
Gran Sasso.

29 casualties, 11 rescued, among them 4 children

The new earthquakes and avalanches affected already badlydamaged towns and villages in the regions of Abruzzo, Lazio
and Marche, where around 300 people lost their lives last
August.
A controversial location for a hotel
During this weekend
 The area
is blanketed in heavy snow after
unusually severe winter weather over the
last week. Snowstorms made the job of
emergency services even harder than
usual, with vehicles struggling to reach
remote areas to check on mountain
villages and outlying farms.
Amatrice: the curch tower of St.
Agustine collapsed
“Here only snow, rubbles and
loniness”-Luigi
THE DENOUNCE OF MAJOR PIROZZI: THE
DELAY IN REBUILDING COMMINITY

OVER 465 ENTERPRISES ONLY 3 RESTARTED THEIR
BUSINESS

OVER 635 ANIMAL SHELTERS ONLY 77 REBUILD

ONLY 5 CONTINGENCY HOUSES DELIVERED, WAITING
FOR 22 OTHERS WITHIN FEW DAYS. FOR THE OTHERS
LONG PROCEDURES FOR CONTRACTS

ART CENTRES NEED URGENT AND LONG TERM
RESTORE WORK
THE DUTCH CLASSICIST DAVID
RIJSER’S FIRST CONSIDERATIONS
EU CULTURE DEPARTMENT:
URGENT INTERVENTION ON:
300 CHURCHES FILLED WITH
FRESCOES, SCULPTURES AND
MOSAICS 500 ART SITES SUCH
AS PALACES, FOUNTAINS,
MONUMENTS 12 MUSEUMS OF
PRIMARY IMPORTANCE
THE HUMAN FACTOR: IF THE COMMINITY LEAVES,
THE VILLAGES AND THE MOUNTAINS SHALL DIE
THE GOAL: REBUILD COMMUNITIES,
RESTORE CULTURAL HERITAGE
GRONINGEN DANTE ALIGHIERI:
SENTINEL OF COMMUNITIES AND ART
I MIGLIORI

Thank you to all the rescue teams and GRAZIE to WALTER BUCCI,
doctor, and to A DAVIDE DE CAROLIS, technician, both member of
Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corp. They saved
many lives. Their helicopter fall last week during a rescue operation.
CASTELLUCCIO DI NORCIA LA FIORITURA
“The people of Italy have lived with disaster for millennia. Out of that instability they created beauty. Any loss of that great
fabric is a loss for us all”- THE GUARDIAN, EDITORIAL BOARD