Initial milestone of Italian colonization in the south of Santa Catarina, the district of Azambuja, in Pedras Grandes, will build a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The work will 28 meters high and 7,5 in diameter. The Italian original, located in the Tuscany region, is 57 and 15 meters long. diameter. The replica will have about a 5% slope, just like the original.
A set designer Beto Carrero World is responsible for the bizarre work.
“Azambuja is the cradle of Italian colonization. There we will have the gymnasium, which will be enveloped with walls with Italian architecture, the Tower of Pisa, the Saint Mark's church, with its tallest tower, and further back we still have an old house that preserves the work of the first colonizers”, explains the mayor. Agnaldo Filippi, which highlights the monuments that should encourage tourism in the area.
It is estimated that an investment of R$1,5 million will be required to build the replica of the tower.
Azambuja has no ties to Pisa, or Tuscany. THE The district was colonized by Italians from Lombardy, in Northern Italy. The first Italians arrived in 1877.
Today, Pedras Grandes has just over 5 thousand inhabitants.
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