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Bell Tower and Bells
Finally restorers have started their work on the bell tower, and something good is making out .
That’s how it was and how it’s today.
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Placing the slate slabs was a real pain: four days of work, every single slab cut by hand! But now it’s a completely new thing!
Inside the bell tower we have the original bells installed by Father Angelico Bracco, who restored the Mill in the second half of the 19th century (his goal was to build a little convent). These bells were fused in Cenova (yes, beginning with C), a small village in the hinterland (click on the photo e you’ll be able to see yourself the original inscription).
We can say they are as old as Italy, because they were made a few years after the Reign of Italy was established.
Still voiceless!
It begins to be an awkward situation (at least for me; Michele doesn’t care!)
Michele says carpenters are covering the wirings. Finally something’s moving on.
I can’t yet show you how the works inside the mills are going. But I can show the outside. I’m sure you’ll appreciate.
Isn’it beautiful under this bright setting sun?
And that is the bell tower, surrounded by scaffoldings.
Take a deep look, and you’ll see the old dangling bell.
