Power of attorney seizes Scala dei Turchi

The coast guard of Porto Empedocle (Ag) has affixed the seals to the entrances to the Scala dei Turchi, the piece of white marl from Agrigento, an attraction for thousands of visitors. To order the seizure was the prosecutor of Agrigento, Luigi Patronaggio, who also entered in the register of suspects Ferdinando Sciabarrà who is land registry owner of a large part of the area.
The hypothesis of a crime that is contested by the judiciary is that of occupying public property.
"In the face of a site of immense historical, landscape and geological value, unfortunately there must be a lack of protection of the site itself, probably attributable to its ambiguous legal status", wrote the prosecutor in the seizure order. For some time, there has been a legal dispute between the owner of the cadastral parcels and the Municipality of Realmonte.
"It is an emergency seizure, necessitated by the fact that the tourist season is approaching and that there is a real danger for tourists and swimmers. The Scala dei Turchi is an asset that has a landscape, historical and archaeological value , geological is a very fragile site: we have recorded acts of vandalism, people who take away pieces of marl, graffiti of doubtful taste, holes in the cliff, unauthorized coring. It is a fragile site because from the top part of the rocks fall which bring danger to people, but they damage the white marl itself "explained the chief prosecutor of Agrigento, Luigi Patronaggio.