Bender fortress needs urgent interventions to ensure preservation of the construction. These are the conclusions of the technical expertise, carried out by an Italian company chosen through an international competition within the project “Support to Confidence Building Measures”, supported by European Union and implemented by UNDP Moldova.
According to experts, among the most serious problems of the fortress are gaps in the walls, left after the decomposition of wooden beams, shaky foundation of the bastion and poor condition of one of the towers, IPN reports.
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Research said that to confirm the conclusions drawn from the scans, experts also carried out excavations in several places on the territory of the citadel. During these works, supervised by architects from Chisinau and Tiraspol, a coin, two cannonballs, two bowls and two horseshoes from the 16th – 17th centuries were discovered, as well as a number of ceramic fragments from different periods. These archaeological objects were transmitted to the administration of the fortress.
The same company will design fortress conservation project. Conservation work is to be carried out by another company that will be selected by the end of the year based on a competition conducted by the European Union’s Confidence Building Measures Program.
