One person injured after partial collapse of tower near Rome’s Colosseum
Part of 13th-century tower collapses during renovations
- A medieval tower, the Torre dei Conti, partially collapsed near the Colosseum in central Rome on Monday.
- One worker was hospitalised with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, another was trapped under rubble, and two more sustained minor injuries.
- The 29-metre tower, located on Via dei Fori Imperiali, suffered at least two collapses, with firefighters working on the structure during the second incident.
- The building, which had not been in use since 2006, was undergoing a four-year renovation project due to be completed next year.
- Despite the partial collapses, the Torre dei Conti remains standing but has sustained significant internal damage.