Walking in the streets of L'Aquilla

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

ITALY | Tuesday, 2 July 2013 | Views [218] | View Larger Image

Another view of a building with Scaffolding's supporting the structure and also cracks can be seen in the walls. The earthquake made nearly made 70000 people homeless and killed around 300 people. Many of the old structures were completely collapsed and the city is filled with cranes all over carrying out reconstructions and Scaffolding supporting each and every structure giving a deserted look to the whole city.

This building is a government building for ministry of agriculture and you can see each and every pillar and column is being supported by a Scaffolding and the cracks can also be seen on the building and poor side is that there is very little improvements in restoration work even after 5 years of the earthquake. Many of the sites have been declared as not fit for living by archeological department.

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This place is located in city center and 90% of the shops are closed and the streets are filled with these kind of graffiti. On one side the city sight is destroyed by Scaffolding's and on the other hand by graffiti. Even today the city is under the control of Italian Military Force. It is very sad to see a place like this even after 5 years without any improvements and many of the population have left the city with no hope of returning back. Sometimes it hurts to photography the tragedies like this.

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Walking in the streets of L'Aquilla

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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