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May 19th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Giotto’s depiction of rounded figures in three-dimensional space was a milestone in art, and of incalculable influence. He was commissioned to decorate the chapel by Enrico Scrovegni, the banker who built it – at a time when many believed bankers were guilty of the mortal sin of usury and thus destined for eternal punishment.
On the end wall of the chapel, Giotto painted a realistic depiction of the Last Judgment, with sinners being dragged down into hell. Most of the other scenes, across the walls and ceiling, are incidents from the life of Jesus.
But critics of the tower fear that Giotto’s frescos, which have survived for more than 700 years since they were completed in 1305, may soon be damaged beyond repair.
Padua’s city council previously postponed a plan to build a new auditorium 150 yards from the chapel because an expert survey concluded that it posed a risk to the building. Prof Frugoni said: “We know from that survey that the sub-soil is extremely fragile, so that digging the foundations for the skyscraper will affect the drainage and may cause subsidence to the walls of the chapel. Both could ruin Giotto’s paintings. How could anyone contemplate taking that sort of risk?”
Opponents say that the tower – at 330 feet high, on a much bigger scale than the shelved auditorium – will pose much greater risks to the 27-foot tall chapel and the frescoes within it.
“Constructing the skyscrapers will affect the water levels in the subsoil in the area around the chapel,” said Prof Frugoni. “There is a real possibility that the result will be that water will flood around it.
“Everyone with any knowledge of frescoes is aware that excessive damp can cause them to crumble, or to peel off the wall to which they are attached.”
The chapel already restricts access by visitors, with no more than 50 allowed within it at any one time, none for more than 20 minutes, in order to reduce damage by condensation from their breath.
Its crypt is already partly waterlogged with mud on the floor, which has caused it to be closed indefinitely, even though the ceiling is also painted with stars by Giotto.
But the council has approved the private development, by a consortium of companies, which it says will speed up Padua’s economic growth. Ivo Rossi, deputy mayor has declared that “nothing will happen” to the chapel as a result of the new building.
A Padua city councillor, Andrea Colasio said there was no risk to the frescoes. “The council has done all that it could have to guarantee the protection of the chapel,” he said. “We don’t need a team of international experts to ‘save’ Giotto, the frescoes are already in the very best condition.”
The council believes the development – on land currently used for bus parking – will provide jobs for Padua’s citizens and tax revenues for the authorities. “But what,” asked Prof Frugoni, “if the price is the destruction of Giotto’s frescoes? That would not only be a disaster for Padua. It would be a disaster for the world.”
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