In the 1990s he launched the process of post-earthquake reconstruction, started the renovation of historic buildings in the city centre, filled the holes in the roads, put up traffic lights, freed squares from traffic, renovated parks, illuminated shop windows, opened churches and museums and tried to make the city more pleasant both for inhabitants and tourists.
V 90. letih je sprožil popotresno obnovo, zagnal obnovo zgodovinskih stavb v mestnem jedru, zapolnil luknje v asfaltu, postavil semaforje, trge osvobodil pločevine, obnovil mestne parke, razsvetlil izložbe trgovin, odprl cerkve in muzeje in skušal mesto narediti bolj prijetno za bivanje rojakov in turistov.