Salerno, plaster falls from Crescent. Codacons: “Close the area”

“Prohibit and close the entire area” near the Crescent, a huge residential building in Piazza della Libertà, in Salerno.

Codacons is asking for this following the fall of pieces of plaster that occurred yesterday, when Salerno was hit by a strong wind for a long time. No injuries were reported, but the photos of the incident quickly spread on social networks.

According to Matteo Marchetti, national vice-secretary of Codacons, it is “it is very serious that one of the newest buildings in the city of is falling to pieces Salerno, which according to some was supposed to become the image of a city, 'the largest project in the world, the most beautiful square in Europe'.

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Let's imagine what would have happened if instead of a gust of wind an earthquake had arrived. Codacons - adds Marchetti - shares the concern of the condominiums who see the commercial value of this property being impoverished and, although it will not enter into what will be the civil decisions that the condominiums will deem most appropriate, it will certainly intervene for public safety".

In this sense, Codacons asks “to the prefect, a superior and independent body, to intervene immediately to prohibit and close the entire area until it is made safe, because the risk to public safety is truly serious.

It could have been, and fortunately it was not, a tragedy if instead of a gust of wind, there had been, we repeat, an earthquake like that of the infamous November 23, the memory of which still makes us tremble today. Finally, certainly - concludes Marchetti - the Judiciary will have to investigate such a serious and sensational fact".