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rejected once again, no palms "The pines are our history,"

already in the budget 300 000 €. Environmentalists met Rinaldi The administration has not been able to justify the reasons for the 'killing. A landscape architect will consider the new look

Sirmione (Brescia) - "No palm trees, Sirmione is Alassio. Luca Rinaldi, superintendent of the architectural heritage and landscape of Brescia, has no doubts on the lake side of the peninsula of Sirmione there 'is no place for the palm trees. So the pine trees of Catullus are safe. All 'early February' s municipal government had passed a resolution to the makeup of Viale XXV Aprile, the avenue that runs along the lake from the castle to the city center. In place of the 'shadow guaranteed by the typical "hats" of Pinus pinea green space would have found 118 trees (at a cost of € 300 000 already budgeted). But the 'niet' arrived before the Superintendent of the gardeners. "These pine trees are a heritage of the city - says Rinaldi, thinking about how Sirmione would change the landscape of palm trees if they had found a place on the lakefront -. For this reason we have blocked the project. L 'administration was not able to explain the reasons of' killing the pines. In the coming months will show a landscape architect a solution that takes account of our observations. " The actions planned by the city they left in mid-February, with the 'killing of three trees at' entrance on Viale XXV Aprile. Rinaldi continues: "The pines were killed not because battered and sick, but just to refresh the look of the promenade. In City Hall had chosen the palms because they are less expensive to treat. Reasons too general to remove a piece of history of the lake. Our engineers, in fact, they found images of 1950 where the green hats were already thriving. " Now it's up to Pandakovic Darko, landscape architect, to find an alternative to the palms, without providing for the 'removal of any tree. The pines were planted on the banks of the lake in the middle of last century and in recent years have become the symbol of the Garda along with holm oaks, cypresses and olive trees. "Even the 'eye wants its part - said the superintendent -. The pines provide shade and, at the same time treat for the eye. The palms, however, would have been a false note. Pandakovic, who has studied the 'landscape impact of the ski slopes of the Tonale and Pontedilegno must enhance the lake starting right from the pine trees that had to be killed. " The Committee also claiming victory environmentalist who for years fought for the enhancement of the lake and the Sirmione peak Gro. The volunteers, together with our Italy, in February he had pointed the finger at the palm trees seeking the 'intervention of the Superintendent. "Fortunately - says Laura Simon, spokesman for the committee - we were right. Have been rejected not only the palms, which would have married the little lake, but also the work of the walk that would wipe the reed beds of Punta Gro. Lake Garda is a wealth of everybody that can not be ruined by the shortsightedness of a few ...». Joseph Spatola Spatola

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