The Rome Fair sank 30-40 centimetres.But the organization hid everything by continuing to host competitions

The landslide of pavilions 13 and 14 is certified by the documents of an investigation by the Rome prosecutor's office, launched at the instigation of the competing hotel

The Rome Fair collapses.Literally.This is certified by the documents of an investigation by the Rome prosecutor's office, which has been archived for the moment.Due to the marshy ground on which they stand, pavilions 13 and 14 of the exhibition center on the outskirts of the capital are sinking by "30, 40 centimetres", reports today the local edition of Republic.Despite this, in June 2022 a manager of the Fair tried to obtain usability for the spaces in question, failing to provide all the data to the firefighters.The investigation was born after the complaint from the Ergife hotel, Fiera's rival in the organization of public events, which has now opposed the dismissal, asking the prosecutor to verify the documents from a security point of view.The Rome Capital Exhibition Center was commissioned at the time by the Veltroni council.A 400 million project inaugurated in 2006 in an area at risk of land subsidence.But despite the dangers of subsidence and the confirmed sinking, public competitions and operations relating to electoral votes have continued to be organized in that place over the years.

The information sent to the prosecutor's office

Furthermore, the article edited by Giuseppe Scarpa publishes the information from the Carabinieri sent to the prosecutor's office which reports, among other things, a phone call in which the security manager of Fiera Roma, Francesco Crognale, underlines how he is in the process of to meet the Fire Brigade to obtain fire authorizations for pavilions 13 and 14.In the intercepted conversation, Crognale asks for clarification on the documents relating to the collapse of the pavilions.«I would be very cautious about taking them out», replies his interlocutor, identified as “Rolando”, since «it will also go down for the next few years».The manager then reports other findings that would indicate an annual decrease of 1 centimeter.This is contested by Rolando who on the contrary states that the lowering for pavilions 11, 12, 13 and 14 would be greater.At this point, Crognale decides not to hand over the documentation to the police, underlining how the 2 million at stake for the Fair "we would like to take home".

The replica of Fiera Roma

Interviewed by Republic, Fiera Roma specified that «the activity of the competitions is not subject to checks by the fire brigade like trade fair activities, safety conditions must however be guaranteed even in the case of competitions».Furthermore, pavilions 11, 12, 13 and 14, affected by the collapse, "are not used for trade fair events and have been put up for sale".While for the interceptions, Fiera Roma explains, finally, how they are related "to the failed project to acquire the four pavilions for the trade fair activity".