Tragedy struck in the heart of Rome when a worker died after a partial collapse of the medieval tower known as the Torre dei Conti. The collapse occurred on November 3rd, 2025 during renovation work on this 13th-century structure.

A worker who had been trapped for 11 hours in the partial collapse of a medieval tower in the heart of Rome has died after being rescued late Monday, officials said.

Ancient yet decaying, a symbol of power but undermined by time, corroded by infiltrations and slowly consumed by spontaneous vegetation. The Torre dei Conti was, and is, extremely precarious.

Italy’s government is furious after Moscow suggested their support for Ukraine was to blame for the deadly collapse of a historic tower in Rome. A Romanian maintenance worker lost his life late Monday following a 12-hour rescue attempt at the Torre dei Conti after the 13-Century landmark partially gave way,

A Russian foreign ministry spokesperson linked the caving in of Rome’s Torre dei Conti—which led to the death of a worker—to Italy’s support for Ukraine, sparking backlash