Personally I always supported the bridge to the Citadel and the news of killing his neighbor receive it with detachment, without the joy shown by many Alexandrians, although I realize that, given the current condition, the bridge, as it is, in a state of neglect and no maintenance, is dangerous.
I will be one of the few nostalgic for this city, but I just can not help it. Perhaps my defense office of the Citadel will be stupid and useless to most people, but never mind!
I love my old, gray city, the love for what it was and what it is today, and especially the love for what will be tomorrow, even if the suit is to impute that I am not sure is the most suitable. I am referring to the bridge
Meyer and surface news we have on that project, strongly backed by the Administration Calvo (we spent five billion old lire), and then thrown into the cellar by the administration that succeeded at the Palazzo Rosso.
Now everything is upside down again and that project, properly pruned of some details deemed unnecessary (the lookout tower, I forget what high, and the platforms on the water) is being re-exhumed, dusted, polished and put back again on display to be admired or criticized by fans and detractors.
will be a bit 'less than Meyer but be satisfied, what remains is still something that, in the intentions of its supporters, will rise to the occasion.
It 's true, the old Citadel was not crossed by Napoleon, and even by Andrea Vochieri when he was imprisoned in a fortress before being shot, but he witnessed the sunset 800, the birth and history of the '900.
was crossed by the Austrian prisoners from the front, in 1915, to be held in the citadel, and in '43, or so, hit by an American bomb during the Second World War. A "wound" healed with a substantial infusion of cement.
not have it done today, May 7, 2009. A series of signatures and stamps Prefecture will complete the job left unfinished by the bombs "allies."
"The old bridge - says the sentence is not written - is a problem for the city since they did not want to, because of two simple but dramatic words," too expensive ", proceed to the realization of what is necessary to the city to be made safe. "
short, no prevention (eg box expansion) and yes to the emergency (break down the bridges)? It would seem so, we will have to resign, and continue to live with the insecurity that comes from that school of thought though, I am sure someone will continue to oppose it because, from time to time, it is certain that we are still with their feet wet.
If we stop a moment and let your mind back fifty years, we realize what has been lost in this short period of time, often due to carelessness or superficiality (three bridges, the oldest, the railway was built to pour the rails of the first railway line in Piedmont, but before it was pulled down the chimney and the same factory Borsalino, Borsalino Teresio Course on the catwalk, the old Municipal Theatre, the arch of Via San Francesco D'Assisi, all ... in a handful of years).
at closely, even the bombing of World War II have brought so much harm to the heritage and monuments of Alexandria!
We have just in case the "jewels" of the most important city; Valfrè the barracks and the historic Citadel. Two institutions which, together with the Piazza d'Armi, represent the future of Alexandria, both from a historical perspective and an economic and urban.
A challenge to the vision of today's government but also to those that follow. This value is most wise and prudent as we have received from the past, we owe it to future generations.
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