US EditionA Rome medieval tower partially collapses, badly injuring a worker and trapping another
- On Monday, November 3, 2025, the Torre dei Conti at Largo Corrado Ricci in Rome partially collapsed during renovation work near the Colosseum.
- The tower had been abandoned for years before restoration began in a four-year renovation project funded by Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan, due to end next year.
- Firefighters using mobile ladders evacuated three workers while one remained trapped, but a second collapse forced the Rome Fire Brigade to suspend operations and withdraw for safety.
- A 64-year-old worker was rushed to San Giovanni Hospital in critical condition, and the prosecutor's office opened a negligent-assault investigation handled by Deputy Prosecutors Mario Dovinola and Antonino Di Maio.
- The 29-metre Torre dei Conti on Via dei Fori Imperiali, built in 1238, lost an external buttress and experienced internal floor collapses, prompting local officials' response.
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Collapse: Part of the Torre dei Conti, a medieval tower currently undergoing renovation, collapsed on Monday. One construction worker was buried…
Torre dei Conti Partially Collapses in Rome, Trapping Worker
The Torre dei Conti, a medieval tower near Rome’s famed Colosseum, partially collapsed on Monday, seriously injuring a worker and trapping another inside, Italian officials said. Emergency workers were trying to recover the worker trapped by the rubble, according to Luca Cari, a spokesman for Rome’s fire department, but the rescue efforts were proving difficult because the structure had become unstable. The trapped worker had “given signs of lif…
Rome firefighters battle to rescue trapped worker in medieval tower | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
ROME >> Italian emergency services were battling on Monday to rescue a Romanian worker trapped for hours under rubble following the partial collapse of a medieval tower in central Rome, near the Colosseum.
According to authorities, signs of life had been detected in the trapped worker.
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