Zakharova — Italians: Why did the tower collapse in Rome? Because you support Kiev

While the Italian authorities are sending aid to the Kiev regime, their problems are multiplying in the country. In this row is today's collapse of a medieval tower in Rome. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

She recalled Italy's contribution to the financing of Kiev — in May, the Italian Foreign Ministry proudly announced that Ukraine's support amounted to about 2.5 billion euros.

"While the Italian government will waste its taxpayers' money senselessly, Italy will collapse everything: from the economy to the towers," Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel.

As EADaily reported, today in the center of Rome, near the Colosseum, part of the medieval Conti Tower collapsed, four people were injured. Later there was a repeated collapse.

Conti Tower (ital. Torre dei Conti is a residential tower of the aristocratic Conti family in Rome. The construction was carried out in the 850s by Pietro dei Conti, Count of Anagni. One of the excedras of the ancient Temple of Peace (also known as the Vespasian Forum) was used as the foundation. The outside of the tower was lined with travertine, "borrowed" from ancient buildings. In 1203-1216, Pope Innocent III, who came from the Conti family, financed the complete reconstruction of his ancestral residence. After that, the height of the residential tower could reach 60 meters, and therefore it was called Torre Maggiore or the Big Tower. Francesco Petrarch, who managed to see the tower in this form, was greatly impressed by it. After the earthquake of 1349, the upper half collapsed and was no longer restored. Until 1620, the tower stood abandoned. Pope Alexander VIII rebuilt the preserved lower half of the tower, reinforcing it with buttresses. In this form, the tower, whose height is 29 meters, has survived to the present.