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Historic Italian Monuments For Sale! Posted by on Apr 1, 2016 in News

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Dopo mesi di sofferti dibattiti è stato deciso di vendere alcuni dei principali monumenti storici. Il primo ad essere messo all’asta sarà la famosa Torre Pendente di Pisa. Un’offerta molto attraente è venuta da una confederazione di industriali cinesi, che hanno presentato un progetto per trasformare la storica Piazza dei Miracoli in un parco a tema interattivo.

After months of debate it’s been decided to sell off some key historic monuments. The first of these to go to auction will be the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. A very attractive offer has come from a conglomerate of Chinese industrialists, who have come up with a project to turn the historic Piazza dei Miracoli into an interactive theme park.

Torre di Pisa

However, continues the newspaper, the Regione is also considering an offer from the United Arab Emirates. Sheik Yabooti intends to dismantle the tower and reconstruct it amongst some of the world’s most impressive skyscrapers in the city of Dubai.

It would be replaced by an exact copy made of synthetic resin cast in moulds taken directly from the original tower. “This is good news because it would enable tourists to keep making us laugh by standing in silly postures while pretending to hold the tower up” said one local resident.

Secondo uno studio italiano dell’Università dell’Insapienza, il 98% dei turisti visita la Piazza dei Miracoli solo per fare foto e al monumento vecchio di 800 anni non rivolge più di una rapida occhiata. “E’ improbabile che la maggior parte delle persone saprà mai che è falsa” afferma il Prof. Coglione, direttore del Centro Studi per il Turismo della Regione Toscana, “e per quanto riguarda le foto che pubblicano sui siti dei social media … beh, chi può dirlo?”

According to an Italian study by the University of Insapienza, 98% of tourists only visit la Piazza dei Miracoli to take photos and never give the 800 year old monument more than a cursory glance. “It’s unlikely that most people will even know it’s fake” says Prof. Coglione, head of tourism studies for the Regione Toscana, “and as for the photos which they post on their social media sites … well, who’s to know?”

Other monuments under consideration for future sales include: la Cupola del Duomo di Firenze, le Mura di Lucca, and Leonardo da Vinci’s original outside lavatory which had been under restoration from 1965 until 1998, but was never finished due to complaints about the noise from angry neighbours.

For more information about how this may affect you as a tourist click HERE.

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Comments:

  1. Jane:

    April fools day?

  2. Katerina Ciolli:

    You are very clever! Sei molto intelligente!

  3. Nancy Petralia:

    Happy April Fool’s Day!

  4. Norma Tingram:

    How lovely for April first! Thank you. I love “l’Università dell’Insapienza”, and also “Professore Coglione” in the singular.

  5. Beatrice:

    Un pesce d’aprile forse?

    • Geoff:

      @Beatrice Have you clicked on the link at the end of the blog?

  6. Karen:

    Pesce d’aprile!

  7. Lou:

    Surely an April Fool!

  8. June:

    Buon giorno di pesce a voi!

  9. Elaine tanzer:

    Is this real or an April fool joke?

  10. paul Minotto:

    Sheik Yabooti – un riferimento a Frank Zappa?

    Bravo.

    • Geoff:

      @paul Minotto Bravissimo Paul, mi chiedevo se qualcuno l’avrebbe notato!

      Great album BTW 🙂


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